#squad-turnover

#squad-turnover

Popular narratives and conventional wisdom are sometimes right. Heck, Occam's razor suggests that the simplest explanation is more likely than the more complex one to be correct. Of course, Occam -- who wasn't actually called Occam, but was rather a 14th-century Franciscan monk who happened to be from a village named Ockham, a few miles down the road from Chelsea's training ground -- lived in a world without sports and, specifically, football. So take it with a pinch of salt.

Bayer Leverkusen have work to do after losing to Hoffenheim in their Bundesliga opener, though Erik ten Hag does not feel that should come as a surprise. Leverkusen went down 2-1 at home on Saturday, as new coach Ten Hag got off to a poor start in the Bundesliga. Jarrel Quansah put Leverkusen ahead, but Fisnik Asllani equalised before teeing up Tim Lemperle's winner.