“We appreciate everything Guardiola gave to our club and hope to celebrate a lot of success this season, especially as we now know he is leaving”, Rummenigge said in a club statement.
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2013-14 season – As reigning Champions League titlist, Bayern won the Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup early in Guardiola’s reign.
Guardiola has enjoyed a glittering career in Bavaria, winning two Bundesliga titles and one German Cup since his appointment in 2013.
MUNICH (AP) – Pep Guardiola still has the chance to end his stay in Bayern Munich with the title he was brought in for: the Champions League.
Along with the aforementioned Real Madrid, the Italian tactician has also spent time with Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, and Paris St-Germain.
“I am very honoured that I will be the coach of the big FC Bayern Munich from next season,”Ancelotti said”.
“Carlo is a calm, balanced expert, who knows how to deal with stars and favours a multifaceted style of play – we were looking for this, and we have found it”.
According to The Telegraph, the 44-year-old will replace Manuel Pellegrini at Man City in the summer, a major coup for the Citizens at the expensive of their Premier League rivals.
On Saturday, former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand urged the Red Devils to seriously consider sacking Louis van Gaal and replacing him with Guardiola.
City are now at the third spot in the league standings, having ten wins from 16 games they have played.
As Bayern fans wait on Guardiola’s next move the club announced that four players – striker Thomas Mueller, defender Jerome Boateng and midfield holder Xabi Alonso – had extended their contracts.
Rummenigge explained Guardiola’s desire to leave Munich by saying: “We must not forget: Pep is a young person, and Bayern is only his second [coaching job]”.
“My contract showed that the club was happy and that I was happy, but sometimes you can have a contract for six or eight years and, at the end of the season, you don’t continue anyway”.
MUNICH (AP) – Despite seven attempts Bayern Munich has never beaten a team led by Carlo Ancelotti.
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“Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and I have always said that we’ll sit together after the last match (in Hannover), and talk about it and I say this again today”, Guardiola said.
