Guardiola goes to Bayern Munich

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Former Barcelona manager, Pep Guardiola will take over as Bayern Munich head coach for the 2013/14 season, the Bundesliga giants confirmed Wednesday.

Guardiola: Goes to Bayern
Guardiola: Goes to Bayern

Bayern said the much-sought coach by big clubs, has been offered a contract until 2016.

It was gathered that the 41-year-old Guardiola, who has twice coached Barcelona to the Champions League title, will replace current Munich boss Jupp Heynckes, whose contract expires in June, just after his 68th birthday.

Guardiola, who is currently living in New York with his family, resigned as Barcelona coach last year after four years coaching the Spanish giants.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern’s chief executive, said: “We are delighted that we have managed to get Pep Guardiola, whom several big clubs wanted and contacted.

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“He is one of the most successful trainers in the world and we are sure that not only Bayern Munich, but the whole of German football will benefit from what he brings.”

The news comes 24 hours after Bayern’s media director Markus Horwick described claims the club had approached Guardiola to take over as “complete rubbish”, and Guardiola himself said he hoped to manage a club in the English Premier League.

Chelsea and Manchester City were strongly linked with Guardiola, with Roman Abramovich signaling his intention to take him to Chelsea by pointedly handing Rafael Benítez the title of “interim manager”.

Guardiola, 41, replaced Frank Rijkaard at Barca in 2008 and during his four years at the Nou Camp, he led the club to 14 trophies, making him the most successful coach in the club’s history.

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