Van Gaal will until the end of the season Bayern coach © SID-IMAGES/AFP/JOHN MACDOUGALLLouis van Gaal remains up to the end of the season coach for Bayern Munich. Then he will be replaced however. The Club confirmed the resolution of the Treaty.
Munich (SID)-
On Monday, Louis van Gaal was still the coach of FC Bayern Munich - and he will remain there he. However only until the end of the current season, the last year his only will not meet the Dutch in autumn extended Treaty. Five and a half hours the resulted had discussed on Sunday without van Gaal. The training-free Monday, then a conversation by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Karl Hopfner, as well as sporting Director Christian Nerlinger followed with the trainer - result: separation on rates.
Reason for the early resolution of the contract to the end of the season "is the different view regarding the strategic direction of the Club", it was signed of the Board of Directors, so Rummenigge and Hopfner, van Gaal diplomatically correctly in an opinion of FC Bayern. After also still training-free Tuesday, the Dutch is once again conduct the training on Wednesday and try to save what is still to save this bad season. FC Bayern will finish the current season with van Gaal - but probably only because the alternatives are missing.
Beckenbauer welcomed approach
The Honorary President considers useful the procedure. "Louis van Gaal has certainly made mistakes", said Franz Beckenbauer, but the Bild newspaper: "He has already shown that he is an excellent coach." Therefore, said the "Kaiser", he was the original Dutch also "always rather than a short-term stopgap". This temporary solution was probably discussed on Sunday, most recently kept the rumor that the Dutchman Martin JOL could follow his compatriot, on Monday also Matthias Sammer on Sabener Stra?e was sighted. Only on 27 September, van Gaal had extended his contract at FC Bayern.
To a snapshot on the Sunday the resulted wanted to make is not. Rather beraumten them for Monday a meeting with van Gaal on. Alleged basis of the conversation: the coach will - if he recognize the insight is that he last arg has danebengelegen with its decisions to the part. The separation of Mark van Bommel, the change in the port of Jorg butt on Thomas Kraft, the translation of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Muller on positions that it not comfort, winter access Luiz Gustavo at left-back instead of in the Middle, to the permanent change in the Premier League - all decisions, which are at least debatable.
More handed over since the start of the season in fact no good picture van Gaal. He said the weak start of the season the Munich with the high levels of his numerous FIFA, but already in the ten last games of the season 2009 / 2010 the FC Bayern had brought only 18 points. More and more it became clear after beginning the second half: the defense of Munich is vulnerable, constant ball possession does not gates, the offensive is too dependent on Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben. And long the opponents know how you can turn off the two. Without the 28 results of first unloved Mario Gomez in 35 duty games, Munich would be even worse there.
Sammer is probably a topic
Continue with van Gaal also means: the Dutch is a trainer on demand. FC Bayern needs to find a suitable successor - perhaps time, Jupp Heynckes, which still always not has extended his contract with Bayer Leverkusen, which is the "family" as a friend, who twice was in Munich. Most recently after Jurgen Klinsmann in the spring of 2009, as he Bayern at least the second tablespace and so the direct qualification for the Champions League secured. Possible, then also the now discarded stopgap as permanent solution from next summer to come back in the conversation. Matthias Sammer as.
First, the fact remains: for the first time since the fall of 2000 under coach Ottmar Hitzfeld of FC Bayern has lost nacheiander three games - "The whole club is in a critical situation, because the minimum target at risk," said Captain Philipp Lahm. On Saturday, the FC Bayern in the Bundesliga Hamburger SV to the first of eight "finals" to second place, but seven points is away receives. And up to third place, which would give at least to participate in the Champions League qualification, there are five counters. The knockout second leg against Inter Milan is at in the Champions League on Tuesday of next week.
