Herrlich sacked by Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen have announced they have parted ways with first team coach Heiko Herrlich following the club’s failure to qualify for the Champions League.

The club were disappointed to narrowly miss out on qualification last season, losing out to Borussia Dortmund who secured a fourth-placed league finish on goal difference.

Bayer’s ownership stated that failure to qualify is ‘unacceptable’ and will be looking for a new candidate to take the team forward into the 2018/19 season.

Bayer fans are said to be sad to see the popular manager go - the German made 75 appearances for Leverkusen as a player before taking the reigns as club manager in 2017.

In an official statement on the clubs website, Leverkusen thanked Herrlich for the work he has done at the club and wished him every success for the future.

As for Bayer's next manager it is so far unclear who will be chosen as Herrlich's replacement with Frank De Boer, Leonardo Jardim, Peter Stoger and Arsene Wenger among several candidates rumoured to be in the running to take over at the BayArena.

Stay tuned for further developments.