Carlo Ancelotti: Bayern Munich sack Italian manager

Last updated on 28 September 2017.From the section European Football181

Carlo Ancelotti has been sacked as manager of Bayern Munich.

Following Wednesday's 3-0 Champions League defeat by Paris St-Germain, the club's board has decided to dismiss the Italian, who replaced Pep Guardiola at the start of last season.

Ancelotti, 58, helped Bayern win the Bundesliga last term, but they only reached the last eight of the Champions League and the German Cup semi-finals.

Assistant boss Willy Sagnol will take temporary charge.

Bayern, league champions in each of the past five seasons, are third in the German table, three points behind Borussia Dortmund, with four wins, one draw and one defeat from their first six matches. They next play away to Hertha Berlin on Sunday (14:30 BST).

"The performance of our team since the start of the season did not meet the expectations we put to them," said Bayern's chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

"I would like to thank Carlo for his cooperation. Carlo is my friend and will remain my friend, but we had to make a professional decision. The game in Paris clearly showed that we had to draw consequences."

Former Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid and AC Milan boss Ancelotti has won the Champions League three times - with Milan in 2003 and 2007, and with Madrid in 2014.

That return makes him the joint most successful manager in European Cup history, along with former Liverpool boss Bob Paisley, who also won three titles, in 1977, 1978 and 1981.

Ancelotti also led Milan to the Champions League final in 2005, but the Italian side were beaten on penalties by Liverpool, despite having led 3-0 at half-time.

Analysis

Carlo Wild, chief reporter at German sports magazine Kicker

The relationship between Ancelotti and the team and the leadership of the club has been far from perfect for a long time.

The big problem was Carlo Ancelotti has a completely different style to Pep Guardiola.

The atmosphere in the team was very, very bad in the past few weeks. I think he lost the respect of his players.

Ancelotti is a wonderful human being. I have big respect for him but if you are a very human coach the players feel that you are not as hard as Guardiola and step by step there is a loss of authority.

The leaders of the club didn't think there was any chance that he could correct this situation.

Bayern Munich doesn't often make long-term plans about who will be their coach, but I think they will choose a young coach who can speak the language of the players and who wants to play very intensive football.

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Comment posted by Brad, at 17:01 28 Sep 2017
Stupid decision. They lose one game in the league and one against psg and it's apparently the end of the world for the bayern board. There's expectations and then there's talking nonsense. This is the latter.
Comment posted by The Magician, at 17:02 28 Sep 2017
Can the F.A. approach him in an attempt to hire him as England manager?
Comment posted by Solly, at 17:21 28 Sep 2017
What do you have to do as a football manager these days to not get the sack?

Ancelotti: Pl - 60 / W42 / D9 / L9 = 70% win ratio

How is that sackable?

Lost 1 Bundesliga game & 1 Champions League game this season. People have their off days when things just don't gel. All it takes is 1 or 2 week links on the day and the team falls apart. Sacked for a 70% win ratio. LAUGHABLE!
Comment posted by thedegenerate, at 17:05 28 Sep 2017
Good luck to Ancelotti, good manager, I'm sure he'll be hired in no time. Seems like a likeable manager.

As for Bayern, too bad Woy's not available. But MacLaren is! I'm sure he can pull off ze jermann accent!
Comment posted by 234One, at 17:23 28 Sep 2017
Quite how a GREAT coach like Ancelotti has been sacked so many times is beyond me - Juventus, Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid and now Bayern! His severance pay must be something! Probably only at AC Milan did he leave on his own terms.

Whats next for Carlo now? Italy manager? Arsenal? Back to Milan?
Comment posted by In Wenger We Trust, at 17:02 28 Sep 2017
Stupid decision.
Comment posted by Bojku23, at 17:17 28 Sep 2017
Given the squad and the resources they have, winning the league and cup double is the minimum requirement at Bayern. What they really crave is the Champions League. That's why Ancelotti was hired in the first place. Guardiola couldn't deliver it and neither could Ancelotti. Hence the decision to sack him. Makes sense... I guess. Trouble is, I'm not sure there are many better managers available?
Comment posted by blighs, at 17:04 28 Sep 2017
Look sharp Arsenal
Comment posted by ThaiTim, at 17:25 28 Sep 2017
I think Heynkes Bayern side was about as good a side as we'll see,they had everything.They were deluded thinking Pep could take them even further. Kind of surprising a decision like that was made actually when they have guys like KHR and Beckenbaur running the club.
Comment posted by Angus, at 19:53 28 Sep 2017
Sources close to the club are saying that an unknown coach by the name of Hans David Möyesmänn has applied for the vacancy.
Comment posted by thepeltoncreeper, at 17:30 28 Sep 2017
Hold on before u start saying how great pep is again remember how much he has shelled out already with more to come in January. The real pep was last season with bang average players he could not coach on at all.
Comment posted by OmNom, at 18:01 28 Sep 2017
"69. Posted by bluetobits: Funny how Bayern & Barca are in Decline - maybe Fraudiola isn't the fraud the red tops think."

Um, hate to break it to you, but Barca won a treble after Baldiola left.

As for Bayern, Pep inherited a treble-winning side and failed in the CL every year he was there.

I think it's unfair to sack Ancelotti for doing as bad as Pep, considering Pep had three seasons.
Comment posted by terry cristina, at 17:23 28 Sep 2017
Been a Man U supporter for 50 years seen all the ups and downs good and bad players and managers
I think its about time Clubs started firing players or whole teams they are being paid an awful lot of money for average performance
Would have been refreshing to see ...
Carlo Ancelotti sacks entire 1st team !!!
Comment posted by Daniel Sturridges Ambulance, at 17:15 28 Sep 2017
Bit of a ruthless decision from the Bayern board. Their reserve goalkeeper has been no replacement for Neuer and has been responsible for many goals conceded so far. Not fair on Ancelotti to sack him this early in the season. You expect sackings like these in the premier league.
Comment posted by Hibs-Beer-CoD-Girlfriend in that order, at 19:03 28 Sep 2017
This is the joke football has become. Players losing respect for a man who's managed 4 champions league finals and done well everywhere he's gone. Crying because he isn't Pep although fans saying Pep was taking them backwards in the end.

Yes they were put out by Real, who destroyed everyone in the UCL last season. Give him until the end of the season and if he's still failing then reconsider.
Comment posted by Soccer_mane, at 18:50 28 Sep 2017
It's a shame. But when you manage a super giant like Bayern success must be delivered. Mediocre doesn't exist at the great club. Unlike Afc and Liverpool where finishing in the top 6 is good enough.
Comment posted by U16651053, at 17:30 28 Sep 2017
@39 Nope. Heynkes team was taken backwards by Guardiola, despite him ploughing hundreds of millions into the squad. Didn't get anywhere near CL victory.

I think virtually everyone agrees that this sacking is premature, so I don't see your point.
Comment posted by Emil Stoica, at 20:17 28 Sep 2017
"Ancelotti is a wonderful human being, but if you are a very human coach the players feel that you are not hard and step by step there is a loss of authority."

Those players don't deserve a manager like Ancelotti. Ancelotti has always been a gentleman and slowly - slowly we will see only dogs as managers...
Comment posted by cmac, at 18:44 28 Sep 2017
Sounds like the knee jerk reactions of the Premier League. Bad decision, great, great manager who will not be out of the game for too long i would not think. One of the few very good players who also became an excellent manager.
Comment posted by Sandor Clegane, at 18:47 28 Sep 2017
Fat Sam to Bayern Munich!!

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