Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick is mulling his future following the staff’s Champions League elimination.
Flick, who has a contract by way of 2023 however has refused to say if he’ll fulfill it, has emerged because the main candidate to take over the German nationwide staff as soon as Joachim Löw lastly steps down after this 12 months’s European Championship. Flick was Löw’s assistant from 2006-14.
Flick delivered an impassioned monologue for greater than 4 minutes after the defending champions’ exit by the hands of Paris Saint-Germain late Tuesday, when he spoke a couple of future he’s nonetheless contemplating.
“I have a contract with Bayern Munich and these are things that just come. You always think about what’s happening and how does it go on and so on, whether everything is wonderful or otherwise,” Flick instructed broadcaster Sky.
“I think the thing is for everyone in this position, whether as manager or coach or whatever, is how can I keep developing the team, the club? It’s a normal process … I’m always thinking, because for me it’s part of the process of success. And of course, you have to look.”
Former Bayern nice Lothar Matthäus mentioned on the identical broadcast that there had been phone contact between the German soccer federation and Flick, and that the 56-year-old coach is the federation’s favourite to take over from Löw. Matthäus additionally mentioned Bayern is already contemplating Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann as Flick’s successor.
Flick led Bayern to a Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup treble after taking on from Niko Kovac in November 2019. Last week’s 3-2 loss at dwelling to PSG within the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals was his first defeat within the competitors, although the French membership nonetheless progressed on away objectives after Bayern’s 1-0 win within the second leg.
Under Flick, Bayern received 16 video games, drew one and misplaced one other within the Champions League.
If he leaves the Bavarian powerhouse, and Bayern coaxes Nagelsmann from Leipzig in his place, it’ll add to the rising checklist of managerial adjustments for the brand new season.
Eintracht Frankfurt coach Adi Hütter is popping his again on nearly sure Champions League qualification to hitch Borussia Mönchengladbach and take over from Marco Rose, who’s leaving to take over from Edin Terzic at Borussia Dortmund.
Frankfurt can be hoping that Tuesday’s announcement of Hütter’s departure doesn’t result in a collapse like Gladbach’s within the video games after Rose’s departure was made identified. Once a contender for Champions League qualification, Gladbach is now in peril of lacking out on European qualification altogether.
Bayern, in the meantime, is closing in on a record-extending ninth consecutive Bundesliga title. It’s prone to be the final below Flick.
