Bayern Munich announce Julian Nagelsmann as Hansi Flick replacement
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Julian Nagelsmann will be Bayern's coach next season as confirmed by the club's official statement. (Photo credit: Bayerncf) |
Yesterday we reported that Bayern was eyeing their neighbour’s wife, the deal is finally done.
Bayern Munich have appointed
Julian Nagelsmann as their next manager, having reached a compensation
agreement with RB Leipzig.
Nagelsmann, 33, is considered one
of the best young managers in the game and has signed a deal with the
Bundesliga champions through to 2026.
Bayern have paid compensation to
Leipzig, which sources have told Reuters is a record fee for a manager,
eclipsing the €15 million Chelsea paid Porto for Andre
Villas-Boas in 2011.
Nagelsmann is set to replace
Hansi Flick, who asked to be excused from his position to years
before its expiry date earlier in the month following a rift with sporting
executive Hasan Salihamidzic over the Bundesliga champions' transfer
strategy and philosophy.
Julian Nagelsmann to join FC Bayern as head coach. Hansi Flick's contract will be terminated upon request. pic.twitter.com/tJBpXSiozu
— 🏆🏆🏆FC Bayern English🏆🏆🏆 (@FCBayernEN) April 27, 2021
"FC Bayern have appointed
Julian Nagelsmann as their new head coach," a Bayern statement read.
"The Bavarian-born 33-year-old will move to Munich from RB Leipzig on July
1, 2021 ahead of the new season, signing a five-year contract with the German
record champions until June 30, 2026."
Upon leaving Leipzig, Nagelsmann
wrote in a statement: "I will leave RB Leipzig with a heavy heart. I've
been able to coach a special team here at a club with huge opportunities and
the best possible conditions to work in.
"Everybody here, including
the staff who work alongside the team, have ensued that we've written plenty of
stories for the club's history books and are continuing to do so for now. I'm
really proud of that."
Flick was appointed as Bayern
manager in November 2019 following the dismissal of Niko Kovac and led the club
a Champions League, Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal Treble.
He also became the second manager
to win six trophies in a single calendar year, when he added the German Super
Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
He could now take over the Germany job
with national team coach Joachim Low leaving his post following the
European Championship this summer.
On Friday, sources close to
Nagelsmann told ESPN that the coach was also open to offers from the Premier
League where Tottenham are looking for a replacement for
Jose Mourinho. However, with Bayern's offer on the table, Nagelsmann has agreed
to take over his third Bundesliga club.
Nagelsmann joined Leipzig from TSG
Hoffenheim in 2019 and led them to the Champions League semifinal
in his first year in charge.
Leipzig host Werder Bremen in
the DFB Pokal semifinal on Friday as Nagelsmann looks to guide the
club to their first-ever major trophy. The winner is likely to meet Borussia
Dortmund, who face second-tier outfit Holstein Kiel, in the final.
American coach Jesse Marsch is
one of favourites to replace Nagelsmann at Leipzig as he manages another Red
Bull franchise in FC Salzburg.
Meanwhile, Leipzig confirmed on
Monday that the contract with sporting director Markus Krosche has been
terminated a year before it was set to expire.
The 40-year-old had been at the
club for two years and was rumoured to be leaving Leipzig for a couple of
months. He has been linked with Eintracht Frankfurt, who are looking for a
new sporting executive after Fredi Bobic's decision to reunite with his
capital-based family and join Hertha Berlin.
With Nagelsmann's departure from
Leipzig to Bayern, five of the Bundesliga top seven clubs -- Bayern, Leipzig, Wolfsburg,
Frankfurt, Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia
Monchengladbach -- will have a new man in the dugout for the 2021-22
season.
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