Allegedly, Bayern have sacked Klinsmann.

[txorakeriak]

There hasn't been an official statement on the Bayern website (yet), but tagesschau.de, the website of Germany's most famous news show on TV, just published the news that Bayern have sacked Jürgen Klinsmann:

FC Bayern trennt sich von Klinsmann

Jürgen Klinsmann ist nach nicht einmal zehn Monaten als Trainer bei Bayern München gescheitert. Am

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[txorakeriak]

Definitely an understandable decision - and in a way I'm glad that it's Heynckes and Gerland instead of another aspiring new coach who wants to improve his career by coaching Bayern. In retrospect, Klinsmann might have taken a too optimistic approach at his coaching career, and it might have been better for him to start at a different club. Anyway, I hope this won't stop him, and he'll be a little more unyielding at his next club.

What I don't understand is why they made it 5 weeks before the end of the season; which is little more but blind actionism.
Good point - maybe it was just a psychological thing? I suppose everyone has given up on the title already, and that would have continued to be the case if Klinsmann had stayed. Maybe they're hoping to achieve a better morale by having a new coach. The team surely needs it.

[poptastiche]

sad because i like klinnsman, but definitely not surprised.

[txorakeriak]

Yeah, I agree. I don't like him as much as I used to, anymore, because he's made a lot of decisions I'm not happy with in the least, but I would have liked him to succeed at Bayern.

[_kihaku_]

Already now? Although I'm not surprised either, I would have expected them to stick together till the end of the season.
*sighs* I'm also sad, because I wanted it to work out. :(

[txorakeriak]

I would have thought that too, but maybe they're trying to save what can be saved and hoping to improve the team's morale for the remaining games by installing a new coach. I hope it'll work out. Heynckes is a good coach, he's got what it takes.

[_kihaku_]

True. The team definitely needs a morale boost (which would already make a difference on its own). And it's not like things could get much worse anyway.

[txorakeriak]

And it's not like things could get much worse anyway.
Very very true! *sigh*

[txorakeriak]

Yeah, too many things have gone wrong for this "relationship" to continue.

[txorakeriak]

Well, there's always a chance. Heynckes isn't Hiddink, but he might succeed. I can understand why they chose to get rid of Klinsmann now, because if they had kept him, nothing would have changed for the better. The team is disillusioned anyway, nobody believes in the chance to win the league anymore, and this isn't an attitude that wins you games. If Heynckes manages to improve the team's morale, it's all well and good, and if he doesn't, one could still argue that Klinsmann wouldn't have been able to do it any better. Which means that if there has ever been a perfect time to take a risk, it's now.