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Having hinted at future plans to coach in England on Tuesday in London, Guardiola was then announced as Bayern’s new coach for the 2013/14 season on Wednesday with current boss Jupp Heynckes (67) to step down in June.
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is reported to have offered him a multi-millon pound deal, but Guardiola spent the season so far in his New York apartment, studying at Columbia University and watching the offers pour in.
Since walking away from Barcelona last June, Europe’s top clubs have all been vying for the Spaniard’s services.
His record is immaculate: twice winning the Champions League title as Barcelona coach, in 2009 and 2011, and claiming nine Spanish league titles, plus lifting the Spanis League Cup four times as either a player or manager.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson’s 12 Premier League titles and five FA Cup wins certainly betters Guardiola’s record, but the Bayern’s new 41-year-old head coach is exactly 30 years younger.
Having finished the last two seasons without winning any silverware, Bayern rightly feel the flush of their coup having attracted someone of Guardiola’s calibre. The Bavarians are still smarting from last May’s misery when they conceded both the German league and cup to current champions Borussia Dortmund, and then lost the Champions League final at their own stadium to Chelsea. — AFP.
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