Bayern president Uli Hoeness says club has agreed on a coach
Posted October 04, 2017 7:00 am
MUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness says the club has decided on a new coach.
Hoeness tells the Munich-based Abendzeitung newspaper that he informed former coach Pep Guardiola of Carlo Ancelotti's replacement.
Ancelotti was fired after 14 months in charge on Sept. 28 after Bayern's 3-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League the night before.
Hoeness says he met Guardiola, Bayern's coach from 2013-16, at the traditional Oktoberfest beer festival and that "it was purely a friendly meeting. But of course we spoke of business matters. I also told him who we'd present in the next days, and he agreed with that."
Former Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel was among the favorites to take over.
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