Hardly raised a mention in this country, but this is a huge signing for Bayern to be signing their closest rivals best young player for a fee of €37m
Don't think there's going to be much in the way of competition in the Bundesliga next season.
Guardiola is walking into possibly the easiest job in the world.
0
Comments
Reckon they'll probably sign Lewandowski as well.
Rafinha, Van Buyten, Dante, Javi Martinez, Luis Gustavo, Shaqiri, Kroos, Mandzukic, Pizarro
Not to mention any players in the summer that will join, the cream of the Bundesliga and probably a couple of Spaniards too
Combine that with the lower ticket prices, high attendances, new stadia, standing areas and drinking in the stands and German footy's onto a winner
Ridiculous
Amazing squad when you think about. And with Dortmund being broken up this summer, the Bayern 2nd XI is probably the 2nd best side in the league!
Lewandowski looks sure to leave for either Bayern or Man Utd this summer. Hopefully they can re-invest well and continue to battle for the Bundesliga, even if this is very unlikely.
Subotic, Gundogan, Reus and Hummels are all fantastic players. I hope they can keep hold of them.
Seriously though, this model is working. It's a shame that we can't duplicate it here.
Don't underestimate the amount of pressure that comes with being manager of Bayern Munich. The average manager at BM lasts around 18 months-two years. Basically if you don't win a shedload of silverware you are out.
For example Jupp Heynckes has a win ratio at BM of 75% has just won his third Bundesliga title with them (albeit he's been manager twice before at BM), he's got them into the CL semi-finals and they are not renewing his contract - officially he's "retiring" but would have stayed on if asked and hasn't ruled out managing again. In his first stint as manager he won back to back Bundesliga titles in 1989 and 1990 and they sacked him in 1991 when they looked like finishing in mid-table but that was after a few star players were shifted on and not replaced. Not only is there great pressure but you have to deal with people like Franz Beckenbauer and Uli Hoeness behind the scenes.
Can you imagine 5 mins to go champions league final and he makes a huge error
What questions would that raise
Doubt he could navigate Charlton to the league 1 title with 101 points...
A league where the top team is 20 points ahead of 2nd, and has just signed their best player has its own problems. Bayern have a goal difference of +75, and in 15 away games, have only conceded 3 goals!