Bayern's club president Uli Hoeness, right, the member of the board, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, left, talk as they arrive for the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hertha BSC Berlin and FC Bayern Munich in Berlin. | AP
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Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness says club has agreed on new coach
Carlo Ancelotti was fired after 14 months in charge on Sept. 28 after Bayern's 3-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League the night before.
MUNICH: Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness says the club has decided on a new coach.
Hoeness tells the Munich-based Abendzeitung newspaper that he informed former coach Pep Guardiola of Carlo Ancelotti's replacement.
Ancelotti was fired after 14 months in charge on Sept. 28 after Bayern's 3-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League the night before.
Hoeness says he met Guardiola, Bayern's coach from 2013-16, at the traditional Oktoberfest beer festival and that "it was purely a friendly meeting. But of course, we spoke of business matters. I also told him who we'd present in the next days, and he agreed with that."
Former Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel was among the favourites to take over.