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“The surprising thing is that one door closes and other doors open again”
FC Bayern is still looking for a coach for the coming season. Sports director Max Eberl admitted that Ralf Rangnick’s rejection came as a surprise. Eberl spoke about this topic on “BILD Sport – der Talk” on WELT TV.
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From the perspective of Munich’s former coach Felix Magath, FC Bayern’s coaching search, which was characterized by many rejections, is the result of the club’s rigid culture. Top coaches would now view Bayern more critically. Uli Hoeneß is particularly responsible for this.
Felix Magath believes that FC Bayern’s problems in finding a coach can also be traced back to the long-standing relationship between the record football champions and club boss Uli Hoeneß and their top coaches. The 70-year-old told “Stern” that the expulsion of Carlo Ancelotti in autumn 2017 had consequences for the scene. “Ancelotti is an absolute legend and recognized by everyone in the coaching industry. With his dismissal after such a short time, Bayern’s image suffered internationally. The top trainers are looking more critically than before,” said Magath.
The ex-professional coached Bayern himself from 2004 to 2007 and won the championship and DFB Cup double twice in a row. Nevertheless, he had to leave before the end of his contract, similar to Jürgen Klinsmann, Niko Kovac, Julian Nagelsmann and now Thomas Tuchel. The Munich team recently received a number of rejections from preferred candidates in their search for a successor to Tuchel.
Magath in November 2004 at Bayern training with the players Linke, Ballack, Guerreiro, Scholl, Dreher and Frings (from left to right)
Source: picture-alliance/dpa/dpaweb/Oliver Weiken
Magath thinks that Uli Hoeneß is one reason why coaches at Bayern are having a hard time. It is thanks to him that the club was a title guarantee for many years. But because Hoeneß always wanted to have control – including sporting ones – on Säbener Straße and also built a close relationship with players, the coaches often suffered as a result, as Magath described: “Of course, a club makes every coach weaker, no matter how strong he is actually is. And then a coach has no chance at all against a team.”
Hoeneß wants to continue to express his opinion at FC Bayern
This type of thing causes collateral damage in the Bundesliga, said Magath. “The stupid thing is that FC Bayern has also become a role model for other clubs in Germany with its behavior towards the coaches. This behavior has led to experienced trainers with their own strong opinions often being in a bad position in Germany. Also in public and in the media. Their reputation is worse here than abroad. Just look at how many top German trainers work in Austria, Portugal, Switzerland or even England.”
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“The Hoeneß system has reached its limits,” summarized Magath. Hoeneß – now officially no longer involved in day-to-day operations, but still on the supervisory board and honorary chairman – had only recently announced that he would continue to be “determined” to make his opinion known. Magath said: “Whoever is on the same page with Uli is doing well. If you represent your own opinion, work becomes more complicated.”