Hansi Flick Named As Bayern Munich Manager On Permanent Basis

Hansi Flick has signed a three-year contract at the Allianz Arena that will see him remain at Bayern Munich on permanent basis.

The 55-year-old was initially signed to stay with the Bavarians till June but has now been rewarded with a three-year contract.

He came on board replacing Niko Kovac as interim manager, before the Bundesliga giants announced that he would be seeing the team through the 2019/20 campaign.

Flick has now been rewarded with a long-term contract having managed a brilliant run since then.

“The club is very happy with Hansi Flick’s work,” said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. “The team has developed under his leadership and we’re playing attractive football, which is reflected in the results.”

“I am looking forward to the upcoming tasks together with my coaching staff and the team,” Flick added. “The conversations with Rummenigge, Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidzic were very good and characterized by great mutual trust. Together we have defined the direction for the coming years. I am sure that we can achieve a lot together.”

Hansi Flick has helped Bayern to 18 wins in 21 league games since he took over. The Bavarians now sit at the summit of the Bundesliga table in the middle of a suspended season, four points atop second-placed Borussia Dortmund.

He’s also helped his side do brilliantly in the Champions League, with the Bavarians running out 3-0 winners over Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge in the first leg of their last-16 tie.

Interestingly, it’s Flick’s first managerial position since leaving Hoffeinheim in 2005. Since then, he’s been involved in the affairs of the German national team as assistant manager and moving on as Kovac’s assistant prior to the 2019/20 campaign.

“It’s important for FC Bayern that a coach also understands the club’s philosophy,” said Bayern CEO Kahn: “Hansi was a player at Bayern, he was an assistant coach; now he’s permanently head coach. It’s a good progression.

“Hansi knows the mentality of the club, he knows that FC Bayern is measured by maximum success and I’m pleased that we can now develop the club’s culture together with him in the coming years.”

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