Bayern give Klinsmann the boot
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Bayern Munich have fired coach Jurgen Klinsmann and appointed Jupp Heynckes for the final five games of the Bundesliga season.
Klinsmann's fate was sealed after a meeting with club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, general manager Uli Hoeness and director Karl Hopfner on Monday.
He has been in charge of the defending Bundesliga champions since last July, but failed to take the club to the top of the table.
Saturday's 1-0 defeat at home to Schalke left the club three points adrift of league leaders Wolfsburg with five games of the season to go.
Rummenigge claimed the change at the helm was necessary due to disappointing recent results.
He said: "It was a difficult decision, but the results from the last weeks, the way they came about and especially the situation five rounds before the end of the season forced us to act due to due our responsibility towards the club.
"With Jupp Heynckes and (assistant) Hermann Gerland we have two experienced coaches, to whom we have handed the management of the team until the end of the season."
Heynckes, 63, who was Bayern head coach from 1987 to 1991, will take over from Tuesday and will be assisted by Gerland, who has been coaching the reserve team since 2001.
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wtf.. bayern munich is only 3 pts lesser den the current league leader n is occupying 3rd..
somemore with 5 games to go..
y cant they give him more time? a club needs stabilty in order to prosper.. not changing managers like underwears..
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Lolx i see German League is a bit tight for the title
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goodness!
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And he was suppose to be Liverpool's manager when one of the owners offered him the post but he turn down the job...
Axed Bayern coach Jurgen Klinsmann
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good lor.. can go chelsea lor.. earn more money there
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he wasnt that good a manager IMHO, his appointment as German's head coach was not really that impressive...
but i like him as a player thou, can clearly remember his goal in the WC prior to coming to Spurs... he was back facing the goalie when his teammate pass to him.. just a slight flick and swing and still with his back towards goal he scored one of the best goal during that WC.. and afterwhich when his reach Spurs he is one of the best forward after when compare with players half his age....
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Originally posted by Saltiga:
he wasnt that good a manager IMHO, his appointment as German's head coach was not really that impressive...
but i like him as a player thou, can clearly remember his goal in the WC prior to coming to Spurs... he was back facing the goalie when his teammate pass to him.. just a slight flick and swing and still with his back towards goal he scored one of the best goal during that WC.. and afterwhich when his reach Spurs he is one of the best forward after when compare with players half his age....
And do rmb he was a great diver too.. haha -
Originally posted by a-Lost-9uY:
And do rmb he was a great diver too.. hahawasn't he the one that introduced diving to football?
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almost everyone dive in today's football just that how you can get away with it that counts... even the little boy in the neighbourhood football field dive..