Ralf Rangnick’s cancellation puts FC Bayern under pressure. There still needs to be a new coach for the coming season. Most media outlets agree on who is to blame for the unfortunate situation.
Ralf Rangnick will also not accept the position as head coach of German football record champions FC Bayern. The 65-year-old wants to remain Austria’s national coach. Reactions from the press landscape:
“Central German newspaper” from Halle an der Saale: Apparently no well-known coach wants to go to Munich anymore. Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, now also the third choice Rangnick, everyone waves away. These are humiliations for the proud club. It was barely ten years ago that FC Bayern was able to hire the most sought-after coach in the world, Pep Guardiola. The radiance of the “Southern Star” but has suffered enormously since then. The squad is still well-known, but needs a makeover.
Constant personnel changes at FC Bayern
In addition, the alpha animals in the dressing room have worn out several trainers. In addition, there are constant changes in personnel at the management level and the eminence grise Uli Hoeneß, who, in the middle of the ongoing search for a coach, can think of nothing better than to badmouth the current coach Thomas Tuchel. It is therefore Bayern’s own fault that no coach wants to come to them.
“The new day” from pastures in the Upper Palatinate: Oh FC Bayern, you “Star of the South, you will never perish”. That’s what the record champions’ anthem says. Nice to sing along to. But the orchestra on Säbener Strasse is extremely out of sync. A swan song for trainers! Not even Ralf Rangnick wants to take the baton. A drama in C minor, in which honorary conductor Uli Hoeneß in particular creates unbearable discord. The new sports director Max Eberl will have a very difficult task ahead of him. There needs to be a change. And from the very top. The concentrated Bayern leadership with President Herbert Hainer, CEO Jan Christian Dressen and everyone who is in charge of the still German champions must stop Hoeneß. Merits or not: the honorary president has to go.
Austria
“The standard”: “Austria’s national team remains a successful coach: ‘I am the Austrian team boss with all my heart’. Ralf Rangnick has withstood the advances of FC Bayern Munich and remains ÖFB team boss. (…). The Bavarian coaching search is now becoming increasingly painful, as preferred candidate Xabi Alonso had already turned down the German record champions as Thomas Tuchel’s successor.”
“Krone newspaper”: “YES! Ralf Rangnick remains loyal to our ÖFB team.”
“Salzburg News”: “Actually, the move from ÖFB team boss Ralf Rangnick to German record champions Bayern Munich seemed almost certain, but the U-turn followed on Wednesday evening. (…) So the trembling about the team boss is over and the full focus can now finally be directed towards the European Championships in Germany.”
“Today”: The football sensation is perfect. Ralf Rangnick remains ÖFB team boss, the German has given up Bayern Munich. Bayern, on the other hand, now have to look elsewhere for a coach…”
“Small newspaper”: “It is the ultimate surprise: Ralf Rangnick has canceled FC Bayern and remains team boss of the Austrian national team. FC Bayern Munich is still looking for a coach and the ÖFB is free of its worries.”
“Austria”: “The employer of ÖFB ace Konrad Laimer has to conjure up a new variant out of the hat after the rejections of the desired coaches Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann and now Rangnick as the successor to the outgoing Thomas Tuchel in the summer.”
“courier”: “If this isn’t a football fairy tale, what is? In any case, the European Championship can come.”
Source: Stern
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