Matthias Sammer’s appointment as the club’s Sporting Director piles immense pressure on manager Jupp Heynckes ahead of the start of the new season.
Bayern Munich supremo, Uli Hoeness, recently revealed that after a series of discussions with the club’s board of directors, he discovered his and the former sporting director Christian Nerlinger’s opinion differed on the club’s
future strategy.
This led to sacking of the former Bayern player and he was replaced by German national team’s technical director Matthias Sammer. As compared to Nerlinger, the former Stuttgart manager has a lot of experience in football management
and is a respected figure in international football.
Sammer is understood to have a lot of say in the transfer dealings and the direction of the team. He is known to be a staunch advocate of incorporating new developments in sports science with training theories and techniques.
Bayern’s manager, who will be working alongside the 44-year old, was upbeat after learning of his appointment. Heynckes believes Uli Hoeness has played a masterstroke by appointing the former Borussia Dortmund manager as the Sporting
director. The veteran tactician revealed he is highly impressed by Sammer’s achievements.
He considers him to be a person who is always looking for good performances and is sometimes uncomfortably demanding. Heynckes thinks that the DFB’s former technical director is a very ambitious person and it will definitely be
an honour to work with him at FCB.
Sammer’s appointment comes in the wake of UEFA Champions league final loss to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Bayern’s second place finish in the Bundesliga last season. The club have failed to win any silverware in two seasons while their rivals
Borussia Dortmund have racked up back to back Bundesliga titles.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfB-Stuttgart-c40879 tactician’s appointment will put considerable amount of pressure on Heynckes. Sammer will have a lot of say in the management of the team, training techniques and the kind of football the first team play.
The 44-year old was also reportedly reluctant to spend big on the club’s midfield target Javi http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468, who is valued at around 30-40 million by Athletic Bilbao. Bayern’s veteran manager is thought be a huge admirer of the player
and wanted bring him in to add bite to a light FCB midfield.
However, the former DFB eleven Technical Director is understood to be weighing up a move for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sami-Khedira-c32325. The newly appointed director is reportedly keen on bringing in more German players.
The veteran tactician’s authority at the club will be put under immense threat as Sammer will be interfering in first team affairs.
At the board meeting which took place just after the end of 2011/12 season, the Munich club’s President Uli Hoeness is thought to have considered his manager’s future. Jupp Heynckes’ future at the club had been under scrutiny,
his tactics and substitutions in the Champions league came under heavy criticism.
His decision to bring on a defender when the side were leading did not go well with the supporters, players and the club’s officials. Immediately after the substitution, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 equalised for Chelsea taking the match to extra-time.
Reports have been circulating in the media that the manager is given until Christmas to prove that he can take the club forward, and if he fails to do that then Pep Guardiola will be lined-up to replace him.
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