Football: Bayern sack coach Van Gaal
Decision comes after recent poor league results since Munich were dumped out of the Champions League in the last-16.
BERLIN:
German champions Bayern Munich sacked coach Louis van Gaal with the Bavarian giants fourth in the Bundesliga and outside the Champions League places for next season.
Bayern Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said the decision comes after recent poor league results since Munich were dumped out of the Champions League in the last-16 by a home defeat to holders Inter Milan on March 15. “It is true we have taken a short-term decision but there has been dissatisfaction for weeks,” said Rummenigge.
The 59-year-old Van Gaal was informed of the decision after his side returned to Munich following Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Nuremberg which saw Bayern drop to fourth in the Bundesliga.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2011
German champions Bayern Munich sacked coach Louis van Gaal with the Bavarian giants fourth in the Bundesliga and outside the Champions League places for next season.
Bayern Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said the decision comes after recent poor league results since Munich were dumped out of the Champions League in the last-16 by a home defeat to holders Inter Milan on March 15. “It is true we have taken a short-term decision but there has been dissatisfaction for weeks,” said Rummenigge.
The 59-year-old Van Gaal was informed of the decision after his side returned to Munich following Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Nuremberg which saw Bayern drop to fourth in the Bundesliga.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2011