it's official: Hitzfeld will leave Bayern in the summer

according to Hoeness

speculation about his successor now starts

the names currently mentioned are

1) van Basten

2) Benitez

3) Lothar

ALL THREE are simply lucirous, IMHO

van Basten has just failed with Oranje and does not play attractive football

Benitez is hardly an EPL success either and plays often unwatchable football + there's a danger he would overspent on certain Spanish players

Lothar : best scenario of the three, but really not experienced enough

http://www.sport1.de/de/sport/artikel_2096577.html

my suggestion would be

1) Schuster , who was FAR KEENER to join Bayern last summer than Real

2) Daum (extremely unlikely)

3) Effenberg: again, ZERO experience, but he understands the club culture

4) Schaaf: just to free the position at Bremen with somebody who understands international football

5) Netzer: to finally discredit the man completely and get him off the airwaves

but please, under no circumstances, let it be a Dutchie like van Basten, Hiddink or Rijkaard

Bayern stand for successful and attractive football after all

No anti-Dutch sentiment here. Van Gaal or Hiddink would be my choices.

I'd really like Mourinho too, but that's never going to fly with Hoeness.

Happy New Year all.

@effe

Mourinho plays almost unwatchable football

he would get criticised first and then sacked within a few weeks

Hiddink is VERY defensive as well: see above

van Gaal is way too stubborn and would clash with the board in no time

Veh was mentioned recently: would get eaten alive though

one article had Breitner as an option: now THAT would be hilarious

I'm all for it

what about Scolari: could be a real option

I would actually love to see Klinsmann get the chance to manage Bayern. I know it's a long shot with the history between him and the club, but I like his style. I would HATE to see van Basten at the helm.

Maybe Hoeness should consider to retire a year earlier. Might be easier to find a new coach then without the Bavarian God Father always sitting beside him...

van basten would be the most terrible choice of all

klinsmann is the right man, he knows the club and this man is steel (but honess vs. klinsmann, that could be a problem)

and i like his football philisopy

Van Basten at Bayern is a recipe for disaster, would love it.

Don't think Van Basten would play defensive as club manager, but just think he would clash with the Bayern Consiglieri within a few months. Van Gaal & Adriaanse would be a disaster too.

A mismatch like Adriaanse @ FC Porto. Always pick a manager that fits in the local culture. Loved it when Adriaanse made Porto play with 3 at the back... (& was declared insane)

If Bayern want a Dutch manager who fits in their culture & plays attacking footy too, they should go for FC Twente's Rutten. Tactical genius, who snubbed PSV's offer to become their manager. Best Dutch manager.

Toni Kroos wrote:
klinsmann is the right man, he knows the club and this man is steel (but honess vs. klinsmann, that could be a problem)

and i like his football philisopy

Klinsmann has never proven himself at club level though. So it might be a risk and I doubt Bayern are willing to take it.

Klinsi is unlikely I think

he would never move back to German media scrutiny just to have Hoeness sitting on the bench next to him

Bayern really should break the bank for Schuster

otherwise, Lothar or Effe, despite justified reservations

would be good if he had Bavarian "Stallgeruch"

alternatively, I would go for Buchwald

the man has a great future

you heard it here first

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,27708,00.html

suggestions and comments by the spiegel

36-0tto wrote:http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,27708,00.html

suggestions and comments by the spiegel

#1

Marco van Basten, 43
Holländischer Nationaltrainer

Pro: Van Basten spricht deutsch und gilt als moderner Trainer. Mit den Niederlanden für die EM qualifiziert, will danach als Vereinscoach arbeiten.

Contra: Van Basten hat noch nie auf Topniveau einen Verein trainiert. Mark van Bommel ist wegen van Basten aus der "Elftal" zurückgetreten. Und van Basten ist Holländer.

#2

Louis van Gaal, 56
Trainer AZ Alkmaar

Pro: Der erfahrene van Gaal (Stationen in Barcelona und Amsterdam) spricht deutsch, er gilt als systemfanatischer Trainer. Machte aus Alkmaar einen Meisterschafts-Kandidaten.

Contra: Van Gaals Glanzzeiten liegen lange zurück. Sein letztes Engagement in Barcelona endete nach einem halben Jahr, als Technischer Direktor von Ajax verkaufte er Zlatan Ibrahimovic an Juventus Turin. Und van Gaal ist Holländer.

#3

Frank Rijkaard, 45
Trainer FC Barcelona

Pro: Rijkaard spricht deutsch und hat sich als Barcelonas Coach einen formidablen Ruf erworben. Freund des von den Bayern-Verantwortlichen geliebten Offensivfußballs. Wird Barcelona wohl am Saisonende verlassen.

Contra: Rijkaards Verpflichtung dürfte extrem teuer werden. Er gilt als eigensinnig, Superstar Ronaldinho setzte er auf die Bank. Spuckte die deutsche Institution Rudi Völler im WM-Achtelfinale 1990 an. Rijkaard ist Holländer.

hehe, hilarious

ha ha ha...that is funny.

Klinsi is the fans' favourite

http://www.sportbild.de/sportbild/generated/article/fussball/2008/01/02/7991200000.html

followed by Lothar

and

Don Bernando

Stevens says van Basten is not ready for Bayern

lacks experience

Rijkaard would be better , but really the pressure in Munich would require somebody like Hiddink

La Stampa claims Bayern approached Lippi unofficially in order not get a public rejection

I can't see it

then again, Toni and Ribery were new departures as well; so who knows

hummels will now be loaned out for 18 months to Dortmund

brilliant stuff

the 19 year-old defender is a MASSIVE talent but has ZERO chance of clinching a spot at Bayern now

similar development to Lahm



http://www.sportbild.de/sportbild/generated/article/fussball/2008/01/03/8002500000.html

Is Rijkaard even a realistic target, either he will take a year from Football after he leaves Barça (or complete my dream of partnering with Cocu as the new head of Oranje). Sources close to me say Van Basten is 86% the next Ajax manager. Hiddink would be good for Bayern

Can 1 of the Hitzfeld lovers explain why he failed to deliver big time?

Thought he was the perfect man for the job?

Otto?

2008: De Guzman's year wrote:Can 1 of the Hitzfeld lovers explain why he failed to deliver big time?

Thouhght he was the perfect man for the job?

he did NOT

+

he IS

we have a German saying though

der Fisch stinkt vom Maul

the "Maul" being (in this case) the people running the show

ie

Hoeness and Dumminigge

the way they have undermined and destabilized the club is quite remarkable and a lesson in how NOT to do things

Poor excuse. he still had great players, a far better selction than any other Bundesliga club.

Are hoeness & Dummenigge also to blame for Poldi's great shape with 0 (zero) goals from 15 appearances. Or did Poldi slip through the qualitycontrol at the end of the conveyorbelt??

johan il quattordici wrote:Is Rijkaard even a realistic target, either he will take a year from Football after he leaves Barça (or complete my dream of partnering with Cocu as the new head of Oranje). Sources close to me say Van Basten is 86% the next Ajax manager. Hiddink would be good for Bayern

Hiddink will not go to Bayern MMW. Rijkaard has stated he never wants to have anything to do with the Dutch national team. Will not go to Bayern either.

no excuse needed

van Bommel believes the pressure at Bayern to be ludicrously high, in fact, higher than at Barca



at which other club do you have the commercial manager sitting on the bench and giving "Wasserstandsmeldungen" after EACH game

the main problem at Bayern is now the locker-room

ie

the TEAM

or

the lack thereof

there is ZERO unity (Kahn, the captain leaves the Xmas party early...)

tons of jealousy (look at Schweini, Sagnol...)

no will to win (according to Ze Roberto)

a problem of communication (according to Kahn: Toni and Ribery still speak ZERO German, making "hart wie Kruppstahl", "Rennen und Beissen"-Reden impossible)

then Kahn complains about Ribery and Toni via the media and gets publicly demoted by Hitz...

a complete mess and a text-bood study about how NOT to run a football club

very little Hitz can do about , when Hoeness and Dummenigge belittle him like a stupid schoolboy

Hitzfeld recently praised Van Basten saying he will become a exceptional coach, already has the qualities needed to survive and using some of the footballing experience he gained in Italy.

Sacchi, Cruyff, Capello and Michels .. surely he must have learnt something from one of these great managers.

Will not? Are you his agent?

you're a Joker

good and bad news


the good one first:

the Kaiser insists that the next Bayern manager has to be able to speak German

http://www.bild.t-online.de/BILD/sport/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/bayern/2008/01/04/beckenbauer-mourinho/trainersuche-portugiese,geo=3398412.html


the bad one:

Nederlanders can speak German