Bayern Munich have pulled off a spectacular coup for the German league by recruiting Pep Guardiola as head coach for next season in a glamour move that can only serve to improve the Bundesliga's rising profile.
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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 2013/2014 season on Wednesday with current boss Jupp Heynckes, 67, to step down in June.
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Chelsea owner Roman Abrahamovic is reported to have offered him a multi-million pound deal, but Guardiola spent the season so far in his New York apartment, studying at Columbia University and watching the offers pour in.
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Since walking away from Barcelona last June, Europe's top clubs have all been dying for the Spaniard's services.
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'' We are delighted we've succeeded in bringing expert coach Pep Guardiola, who has been pursued and contacted by many big-name clubs to FC Bayern '' Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.
Let every coup thing just die. He is there already, nothing can be done to change that fact