adminMUNICH. – Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insists he is keen to extend coach Pep Guardiola’s contract past June 2016 despite criticism of the Spaniard in the German media. Guardiola, whose existing deal expires at the end of next season, has won five titles in two seasons at Bayern. The club have won a third straight Bundesliga title this season, but bowed out of both the German Cup and the Champions League at the semi-final stage.
Rummenigge said he had detected an anti-Guardiola trend in the media, with some reporters critical of his failure to reach the Champions League final in either of his two seasons at the club.
Guardiola’s side suffered their fifth defeat in six games when they crashed 2-1 at relegation-threatened Freiburg in the league on Saturday.
“There is a clear anti-Guardiola trend in a few media outlets at the moment,” Rummenigge told Munich-based newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. – AFP.
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