Bayern Munich Manager Sacked

Juergen Klinsmann was fired after their disappointing one nil loss to lowly Schalke in a bid to recover from a string of disappointing results in the current Bundesliga. The decision, according to Bayern chairman Karl Heinz Rummenige was “difficult” but said that “ the results of the past few weeks, the way which they came about and above all the situation five games before the end of the season, forced us to act out of responsibility to the club.”

The club appointed Jupp Heyneckes as interim manager until the end of the season with Hermann Gerland as his assistant. The firing terminated the supposed two-year tenure of the former German national team coach, as he was unable to live up to the expectations of the high-pressure job of Germany’s most successful team. The play of the club was listless and uninspired especially after the Bundesliga’s winter break. The move came as a surprise to the former national team striker as he expected to be fired but not this soon in his tenure.