This thread will be open until they've found him. Please do not let this thread turn into an Otto vs Dutchies hatefest (or any other hatefest), thank you.

NEWS-

Hoeness:

- It can take 2-3 months or 3 weeks.
- A foreigner is definitely an option.
- We will not (yet?) approach a coach that is still under contract with another club.
- Coach has to speak German. Plenty of time for candidates to learn it until July.
- "We all know the next one has to stick."
- No contact with either Finke or Lippi.

Raphael Honigstein article in SZ about Mourinho:

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/bundesliga/artikel/414/151037/

- Bayern is his third favorite option after Barcelona (where Cruyff apparently doesn't want him) and Liverpool.
- He's expecting a call from Bayern this week.
- An unlikely option because, you know, he's Mourinho. He would clash with Hoeness/Rummenigge/Kaiser in no time and turn the club into FC Hollywood for good.
- According to Hoenigstein "he is a playboy who likes to flirt with numerous girls, if only to verify his own status." Well put.

In my opinion these are other acceptable candidates that are being talked about (in my order of preference):

- Hiddink (possibly going to Chelsea in summer)
- Veh
- Rijkaard

In my opinion, coaches that should be talked about more:

- Van Gaal
- Adriaanse (?) (Dutchies, I remember one of you told me he was great. What's he doing coaching Al-Saad?)

In my opinion candidates that should not even be discussed:

- Matthäus (moron)
- Klinsmann (made people believe he was an actual coach)
- Klopp (could NOT handle a big club, plus he's annoying)
- Van Basten (plays Cr@p football)
- Benitez (only seems to work with unlimited resources, which we don't have)

Feel free to add whatever you hear and give your opinions. Thank you.

Martin Jol? Why not, he knows the club and with Spurs on your CV it aint too bad.

But if he is good enough, I really doubt it.

van Gaal will be most likely, he always said he wanted to coach Bayern once in his life.

Fey wrote:
van Gaal will be most likely, he always said he wanted to coach Bayern once in his life.

Why has he never even been mentioned in the German press, I wonder?

Effenberg wrote:

Fey wrote:
van Gaal will be most likely, he always said he wanted to coach Bayern once in his life.

Why has he never even been mentioned in the German press, I wonder?

No idea, problem is he still has a contract to mid-2009!

Van Basten should not be mentioned whatsoever, he's agreed terms to coach Ajax after Euro 2008. Van Gaal would be great for Bayern, should be on good terms with Der Kaiser.

Like I said the other day, I think Hoeness should consider to retire one year earlier. That would make it easier to sign an international top coach, Hoeness and Mourinho or Hoeness and Hiddink etc. together on the bench won´t work in the long run.

Then the new coach should also do the sportive part of Hoeness job, while Bayern should sign someone else for the commercial part. This way the new Bayern coach would be totally independent in his domain.

The best coach for Bayern imo would be Arsene Wenger, but he would hardly leave Arsenal for Bayern I think. My second favourite would be Rijkaard should he leave Barcelona, then Hiddink, who will probably go to Chelsea though.

Mourinho is surely interesting, but he would have to learn German first, then he´s surely very expensive and his ego is probably too big for Bayern and the Bundesliga.

Actually the best coach for Bayern would be Ferguson as he knows how to handle cash bring in youngsters play attacking game how to deal with the expectations of winning then Arsene but neither would leave so Van Gaal.

Effenberg wrote:This thread will be open until they've found him. Please do not let this thread turn into an Otto vs Dutchies hatefest (or any other hatefest), thank you.

NEWS-

Hoeness:

- It can take 2-3 months or 3 weeks.
- A foreigner is definitely an option.
- We will not (yet?) approach a coach that is still under contract with another club.
- Coach has to speak German. Plenty of time for candidates to learn it until July.
- "We all know the next one has to stick."
- No contact with either Finke or Lippi.

Raphael Honigstein article in SZ about Mourinho:

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/bundesliga/artikel/414/151037/

- Bayern is his third favorite option after Barcelona (where Cruyff apparently doesn't want him) and Liverpool.
- He's expecting a call from Bayern this week.
- An unlikely option because, you know, he's Mourinho. He would clash with Hoeness/Rummenigge/Kaiser in no time and turn the club into FC Hollywood for good.
- According to Hoenigstein "he is a playboy who likes to flirt with numerous girls, if only to verify his own status." Well put.

In my opinion these are other acceptable candidates that are being talked about (in my order of preference):

- Hiddink (possibly going to Chelsea in summer)
- Veh
- Rijkaard

In my opinion, coaches that should be talked about more:

- Van Gaal
- Adriaanse (?) (Dutchies, I remember one of you told me he was great. What's he doing coaching Al-Saad?)

In my opinion candidates that should not even be discussed:

- Matthäus (moron)
- Klinsmann (made people believe he was an actual coach)
- Klopp (could NOT handle a big club, plus he's annoying)
- Van Basten (plays Cr@p football)
- Benitez (only seems to work with unlimited resources, which we don't have)

Feel free to add whatever you hear and give your opinions. Thank you.

Not really fair as he didn't have great resourcs at Valencia. Much of Valencia's big spendingwa post Benitez and it achieved f@ck all.

EMP wrote:
Not really fair as he didn't have great resourcs at Valencia. Much of Valencia's big spendingwa post Benitez and it achieved f@ck all.

You're right about his time at Valencia, of course. However, all you hear out of Liverpool these days is him asking for more money to buy more players. I'm not sure if from there he can revert to being a coach that can make something happen with the players he has. While Bayern have recently spent some money, I doubt that in the near future the club will invest more in 3-4 players than that insane sum he so willingly spent on Torres alone.

I'm surprised Peter 'Ihr Vollfriseure' Neururer hasn't offered his services just yet.


Frei nach:
http://www.fussballgoetter.com/filme/07_11_24.html

Weihnachtsmaus wrote:I'm surprised Peter 'Ihr Vollfriseure' Neururer hasn't offered his services just yet.


Frei nach:
http://www.fussballgoetter.com/filme/07_11_24.html

Actually, he has. In Bild, a day or two after it came out Hitzfeld is leaving.

Quote: "Der Uli muss den Besten holen, der auf dem Markt ist - und das bin ich."

Pure insanity.

I think it depends on whether there is a long-term plan or not. Some of the players he has signed are clearly for the future. Sounds a bit like he is engineering an exit from Liverpool, but unlike at Valencia he wants to be sacked so he gets compensated.

Effenberg wrote:

Weihnachtsmaus wrote:I'm surprised Peter 'Ihr Vollfriseure' Neururer hasn't offered his services just yet.


Frei nach:
http://www.fussballgoetter.com/filme/07_11_24.html

Actually, he has. In Bild, a day or two after it came out Hitzfeld is leaving.

Quote: "Der Uli muss den Besten holen, der auf dem Markt ist - und das bin ich."

Pure insanity.

LOOOOOOOOL!

Sorry, I must have missed that! But yeah, that sounds like something he'd say. Is his contract finally up or are Hanover still paying him?

Weihnachtsmaus wrote:I'm surprised Peter 'Ihr Vollfriseure' Neururer hasn't offered his services just yet.


Frei nach:
http://www.fussballgoetter.com/filme/07_11_24.html

That´s also one of my favourites. Thanks for the link btw, Wiebke. I didn´t know the Fussballgoetter have their own web page.

Guus Hiddink has ruled himself out.

Too bad.

Effenberg wrote:

In my opinion candidates that should not even be discussed:

- Matthäus (moron)
- Klinsmann (made people believe he was an actual coach)
- Klopp (could NOT handle a big club, plus he's annoying)
- Van Basten (plays Cr@p football)
- Benitez (only seems to work with unlimited resources, which we don't have)

If you were a pretty girl I'd kiss you, that's how much we're agreeing

Especially about Klopp being annoying

thirded.

I never get why Germans don't like Mathaus? Sure he's a bell-end, but at least he's your bell-end.

What's Voller doing these days anyway?

DD wrote:I never get why Germans don't like Mathaus? Sure he's a bell-end, but at least he's your bell-end.

I can understand it. I don't like Van Bommel either.

De Guzman wrote:

DD wrote:I never get why Germans don't like Mathaus? Sure he's a bell-end, but at least he's your bell-end.

I can understand it. I don't like Van Bommel either.

On the other hand, I don't mind Van Bommel at all.

DD wrote:I never get why Germans don't like Mathaus? Sure he's a bell-end, but at least he's your bell-end.

agree 100%

the anti-Lothar voices in Germany are ridiculous

he's a LEGEND

problem is

Germans are conformists by nature; they really are like the Chinese, Swedes and Dutch

they hate people standing out

36-0tto wrote:

DD wrote:I never get why Germans don't like Mathaus? Sure he's a bell-end, but at least he's your bell-end.

agree 100%

the anti-Lothar voices in Germany are ridiculous

he's a LEGEND

problem is

Germans are conformists by nature; they really are like the Chinese, Swedes and Dutch

they hate people standing out

How about Bassler and Effenberg ?

They're a bit like Lothar (although nowhere near as big a c**t as he is)....

They're both respected over here (though seen as a bit of lunies), Lothar on the other hand is state enemy number 1 and will always remain so (he stands for *everyting* we dislike).

Well I for one am delighted with this decision!!!

From 1. July 2008


Jürgen Klinsmann will become Bayern-Coach



11.01.2008

Ottmar Hitzfelds heir will be a familiar face in München. Ex-Bundestrainer Jürgen Klinsmann will become head coach at Bayern on July 1st.

Klinsmann was a Bayern player from 1995 to 1997, winning the League Title and UEFA Cup in that time.

Press conference at 15:00

http://www.fcbayern.t-home.de/de/aktuell/news/2008/14730.php?fcb_sid=4e236d8108f7583e90a212b3efef2157

Not surprising but I would have liked a changed approach , Van Gaal that is.
Lothar is a legend though.

Of course Lothar is a legend. And one day when he learns a bit of diplomacy he will be given the chance to prove himself.

I am not talking as a manager though.

So, I guess that's it for this thread already...