Louis Van Gaal to leave Bayern Munich in summer

[Arn]

Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal will leave the German club by mutual consent at the end of the season, one year before his contract was due to expire.

Van Gaal, 59, won the double in his first season at Bayern and reached the Champions League final in 2010.

Bayern remain in the Champions League but are fifth in the Bundesliga and were knocked out of the German Cup.

"The reason is differing views on the club's strategic direction," the club said in a statement.

The Dutchman's position at Bayern has been under scrutiny after a loss to Hannover at the weekend, which followed a league defeat by Borussia Dortmund and the German Cup semi-final loss to Schalke.

In a rerun of last year's Champions League final, Bayern led Inter Milan 1-0 after the first leg of their last-16 clash with the second leg due to take place in at the Allianz Arena on 15 March.

But the club's board met with former Barcelona boss Van Gaal on Monday morning and appear to have come to a mutual decision to part company.

Clicky

[Shaggy]

According to a couple of Twitter people (including that Dan Bu fella), Rafa was offered to Bayern but they wouldn't consider him as he doesn't speak German.

[MrShawnMichaels]

Juup Heynckes

[Arn]

Torsten Fink

[Neil Young]

Torsten Fink

Coen Brothers

[little dave hedgehog]

Coen Brothers

maybe we have a shot at some of their better players now.

[Mostar]

Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal will leave the German club by mutual consent at the end of the season, one year before his contract was due to expire.

Van Gaal, 59, won the double in his first season at Bayern and reached the Champions League final in 2010.

Bayern remain in the Champions League but are fifth in the Bundesliga and were knocked out of the German Cup.

"The reason is differing views on the club's strategic direction," the club said in a statement.

The Dutchman's position at Bayern has been under scrutiny after a loss to Hannover at the weekend, which followed a league defeat by Borussia Dortmund and the German Cup semi-final loss to Schalke.

In a rerun of last year's Champions League final, Bayern led Inter Milan 1-0 after the first leg of their last-16 clash with the second leg due to take place in at the Allianz Arena on 15 March.

But the club's board met with former Barcelona boss Van Gaal on Monday morning and appear to have come to a mutual decision to part company.

Clicky

It cannot come as a surprise. He said the other day before their game vs. Hannover that if Bayern doesn't want him there is plenty of other team that would.

Bayern board decided not to put up with that.

It will be interesting to see where he goes.

[little dave hedgehog]

do we have a challenger for our job in the summer?

[Mostar]

do we have a challenger for our job in the summer?

I'd say possible we do..He was the top choice by many here.

[Mostar]

I think he'll be the next Chelsea's manager.

[Fosterbloke]

I think he'll be the next Chelsea's manager.

Or Manchester Utd manager...

[Imy]

I hope we stay away, he's got a decent record as manager, he's meant to be an arsehole though.

Keep Kenny.

[Spionkop69]

I hope we stay away, he's got a decent record as manager, he's meant to be an arsehole though.

Keep Kenny.

Yep. I think Kenny has done enough to get the job now and whilst I've been a distant admirer of the Van Gaal for a while, we need to get some continuity and that means Dalglish gets to stay.

[little dave hedgehog]

not advocating him at all, but i reckon the owners will want to have one more look around in the summer just to be sure there's nothing better out there. i still expect kenny to get the job barring a severe loss of form between now and may. just not till july.

[Spionkop69]

not advocating him at all, but i reckon the owners will want to have one more look around in the summer just to be sure there's nothing better out there. i still expect kenny to get the job barring a severe loss of form between now and may. just not till july.

Agreed. No point making the decision now. Dalglish will still be available in the summer so we don't need to rush to appoint him full time. I also suspect he would avocate exactly the same approach.

For me though, he has to get the job, at a time of transition, we need someone who understands the club, I'm pretty certain there is no one else out there with the same credentials as Kenny in that respect.

Its heresy I know, but what if Mourinho became available AND was interested in the role?