Erik ten Hag: After Leverkusen fired him, the former Manchester United manager turned down a Champions League job offer.

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Erik ten Hag has rejected a chance to return to Champions League management after he was sacked by Bayer Leverkusen.

The former Manchester United boss was relieved of his duties with the Bundesliga side in August after taking charge of just three matches

He has been linked with a handful of managerial openings since, with some reports linking him to the vacant Wolves job after Vitor Pereira’s dismissal.

According to new reports in the Netherlands, though, he has turned down the opportunity to take over at his former club Ajax.

The Dutch outfit have been without a head coach since John Heitinga was fired last week with the side badly underperforming in the Champions League. Interim boss Fred Grim has taken the helm.

According to new reports in Dutch outlet AD, Ten Hag held talks over the vacancy but has withdrawn himself from negotiations despite holding several discussions.

He has not been tempted by a reunion with the Amsterdam side, though, due to “insufficient basis for a successful collaboration in the short term.”

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This follows the resignation of the club’s technical director Alex Kroes, who departed alongside Heitinga. Technical commissioner Danny Blind also departed in September.

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