It has been announced that Bayern Munich will be managed by Pep Guardiola he has signed a three year deal at the German club which will see him take over in the summer.
Now we all know the deal with Pep, great young manager with a lot of potential, managed one of the most formidable Barcelona team in recent years and won pretty much everything there was to win with them in the four years at the helm.
Now we all know the deal with Pep, great young manager with a lot of potential, managed one of the most formidable Barcelona team in recent years and won pretty much everything there was to win with them in the four years at the helm.
Eventually he felt it was time to move on and took a years sabbatical, so what happened next was everything to be expected, rumours flying left, right and centre about Pep's next destination, expected location was the premiership. Whether it be Old Trafford to succeed Sir Alex, The Etihad to take City to the next level the Emirates to revolutionise the Gunners or to Stamford Bridge to lead European champions Chelsea everybody thought the Premier league was going to get a Premier manager in Guardiola.
However now we have found out it is not to be and Bayern Munich last seasons beaten Champions league finalists have secured the Spaniard we can look at the reasons why Guardiola would prefer a move to Germany rather than England.
Bayern are Germany's most successful club and have a global following in my opinion there is no reason why they can't be considered as big as if not bigger than any team in the Premier league, they have reached the Champions league final twice in the last three seasons although losing in the final it has only been by narrow margins against Chelsea last year in particular.
They are a very stable club with an amazing stadium in the Allainz arena, a good youth system which has produced some very talented youngsters like Müller, Badstuber and Kroos in recent years as well as Schweinsteiger and Lahm amongst others in the past. They play attractive football and they have good finances, what have they not got going for them?
The competition and the spotlight, Bayern Munich are a great team but they have often not had has much spotlight or attention as teams in England get as the Bundesliga is just not seen as an exciting league in comparison to La Liga or the Premiership this has often been because there hasn't been enough consistent competition and one team usually being Bayern Munich have dominated.
However that is beginning to change as the Bundesliga's reputation grows and young teams like Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke have grown into strong teams, with Dortmund winning the league the last two seasons under another talented young manager Jurgen Klopp, Bayern Munich's domination of German football has loosened and now they have some consistent competition which should bring out the best in them and also create more excitement about Bundesliga.
What better time for Guardiola to come to Germany with what could be the next golden generation of German football teams on the horizon the challenge of taking over at such a prestigious club must be a truly exciting one for the Spaniard.
Their playing style and philosophy will suit Pep as like Barcelona they like to play fluid passing football, maybe not so much Tiki-Taka though more total football as they go from back to front very quickly and strike from the wings. He may also get more of a chance in Germany their media there is not so aggressively cynical, he will be given a lot of time to do things his way, whereas in England perhaps if he had of come to Chelsea or somewhere else if he was not an instant success there would be questions about his ability.
Guardiola is a talented young manager with many many more years to go in his career, he has a good vision and if he can implement that onto the Bayern team in the same way he did at Barcelona the Spaniard will do no less than succeed and become a Munich legend.
It's likely that one day Guardiola will end up in the Premiership one day but who knows when or even where but for now let's just embrace that one of the most talented young managers in European football is coming back to the beautiful game.
The competition and the spotlight, Bayern Munich are a great team but they have often not had has much spotlight or attention as teams in England get as the Bundesliga is just not seen as an exciting league in comparison to La Liga or the Premiership this has often been because there hasn't been enough consistent competition and one team usually being Bayern Munich have dominated.
However that is beginning to change as the Bundesliga's reputation grows and young teams like Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke have grown into strong teams, with Dortmund winning the league the last two seasons under another talented young manager Jurgen Klopp, Bayern Munich's domination of German football has loosened and now they have some consistent competition which should bring out the best in them and also create more excitement about Bundesliga.
What better time for Guardiola to come to Germany with what could be the next golden generation of German football teams on the horizon the challenge of taking over at such a prestigious club must be a truly exciting one for the Spaniard.
Their playing style and philosophy will suit Pep as like Barcelona they like to play fluid passing football, maybe not so much Tiki-Taka though more total football as they go from back to front very quickly and strike from the wings. He may also get more of a chance in Germany their media there is not so aggressively cynical, he will be given a lot of time to do things his way, whereas in England perhaps if he had of come to Chelsea or somewhere else if he was not an instant success there would be questions about his ability.
Guardiola is a talented young manager with many many more years to go in his career, he has a good vision and if he can implement that onto the Bayern team in the same way he did at Barcelona the Spaniard will do no less than succeed and become a Munich legend.
It's likely that one day Guardiola will end up in the Premiership one day but who knows when or even where but for now let's just embrace that one of the most talented young managers in European football is coming back to the beautiful game.
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