The centre-back was furious with his side’s failure to implement their tactics in the crushing defeat away to Pep Guardiola’s side on Sunday – specifically their inability to counter long passes from Jerome Boateng, which led to two of Bayern’s goals. It remains to be seen if he indeed takes up the Manchester City post or extends his stay in Bavaria.
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The ESPN FC panel react to Mesut Ozil’s comment on beating Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League.
In other high-profile manager news, the Spanish website Mundo Deportivo are peddling the line that Pep Guardiola has been talking to Manchester City chiefs and reached an agreement with them to succeed Manuel Pellegrini once his contract with Bayern Munich expires next summer.
“But I am also confident.” Bayern allegedly approached Klopp before Liverpool did to ask that he fulfils his sabbatical – taken after leaving Borussia Dortmund last season – and waits until next summer, when there would be a vacancy at the Allianz Arena because of Guardiola’s departure.
City are said to want Guardiola’s involvement throughout the club, having built a sports complex, the City Football Academy, invented to develop young players for the first team.
Xavi says he is unsure what the future holds for Guardiola. “He’s a magnificent manager and he’s doing a great job. They are giving us extraordinary football”.”He would adapt to any team, any team”.
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The World Cup winner, speaking before his nation’s Euro 2016 qualifier with Ireland, said: “I think there are strong parallels between Dortmund and Liverpool with the passion and size of their support”. “It depends on football and the results as we don’t know what’s going to happen yet”.
