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Modnal

Rejecting Bayern is so hot right now


Spikeyspandan

I am gonna call my agent to reject Bayern right now.


Strananach

I, also, reject Bayern.


Arathaon185

I sent them a pre emptive rejection so now I have to be included in the lists of people to have rejected Bayern.


portal23

With his rejection, Pep proved his character and qualified as a bayern coach. - Uli Hoeneß


Ok-Satisfaction-5012

Finally, my time to coach Bayern has come!


BlueBone313

...to an end


MountainCheesesteak

I’ll do it, but only cuz they’re desperate


Laxperte

#metoo


PIKa-kNIGHT

My client spikeyspandan would like to formally reject the opportunity to mange bayern .


DachdeckerDino

‚Mum? Can you tell Bayern that I don‘t want to be their coach?‘


taclealacarotide

I've never seen a club get rejected so many times in such a short period of time. Especially not such a big one. Crazy.


KelticQT

That's what makes this whole circus so entertaining tbh. Their timing has been so catastrophic. Ps: nice username lol


DevBobi

Becuase media is asking every trainer that exists lmao.


MT1120

It's like that meme with the white girl being rejected by all races


KillerZaWarudo

Sequel to Ronaldo last season


Due-Memory-6957

So... Bayern is gonna hire an Arab manager?


daab2g

I can't believe how easy it has become, cobbled together a statement in a couple of hours no hesitation


Illustrious-Gap1153

I heard Moyes is free, maybe he can give it a shot


kylehyde05

He can finally bring a gun to a knife fight


Illustrious-Gap1153

He will most likely will forget the gun at his home


shaw1370

It's like a trending tiktok challenge played by managers all around the world.


Legal_Situation_3917

I had to reject Bayern this morning.


Visazo

Nie im Leben würde ich zu Bayern gehn.


ObiWanKenobiNil

we are so close to Potter managing Bayern


Putrid_Loquat_4357

I mean they could do a lot worse than potter.


ThrustBastard

Moyes would be hysterical


anonn009

Weird way to spell Mourinho


kylehyde05

Lampard is free


Dangerous_Parfait402

Right, they could do Weasley or, god forbid, Longbottom.


slagatronic

Lmao. Xenophilius Lovegood would have some very interesting tactics I'd think.


randomvariable10

You put some respect against the name, Longbottom, good sir!


Twitched_Soul

But what about the best of the best, Voldemort, the bald fraud?


Dangerous_Parfait402

Nah, that bitch chocked a 7 horrocrux lead, he would relegate Bayern


Twitched_Soul

True true, that was against potter wasn't it? He's trash


oiwoman

In this day and age a Granger would be the one doing the Best job


RhettButler7

Kimmy Granger


acwilan

Big Sam going abroad


long_shots7

Angst, Potter?


itsbraille

Who they really need is Scott Parker


PeanutButter_20

This is like the 8th or 9th rejection for Bayern in the last month lmao


ObiWanKenobiNil

I genuinely think most of these managers turning them down think they'll likely be forced out in a years time if Bayern can get hold of Xabi Alonso


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Gluroo

I mean its not like its a shit gig even for a year? Presumably one of the highest wages in the world and if you play a good season you'll bag a couple of titles no matter if you get the boot next year, everyone likes trophies and money. Plus you can optionally take even more money and get yourself a paid vacation for a couple of years if they insist on firing you despite a good performance and its not like it'll be a career ender anymore considering its happened a bunch of times at bayern now


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domalino

People always forget that moving as a manager means leaving a comfortable situation, uprooting your family, moving across the world, finding new schools for the kids, finding a house, wife knows nobody, kids need to make new friends, everyone learning a new language maybe. The idea of doing all of that once is hard, the idea of doing it only to do it all again 10 months later…not that appealing.


modus-tollens

Bayerns board has also been very vocal whenever a manager preforms poorly.


NeptrAboveAll

At that point knowing I’m leaving in a year, I’d just leave the family where they are and get an apartment and commute to see them when possible? It’s only 10 months like you said, military people are gone longer than that.


KaliVilla02

You make it sound so easy, lol. Being away from your family for long periods is hard, even for military people.


NeptrAboveAll

It’s not easy, at all, speaking from experience, but myself and plenty of people do it for a shitty job, I’d absolutely do it to manage one of the best clubs in the world, especially knowing it’s literally less than a year. Edit: And it wouldn’t even be for “long periods” as you can afford to fly back and see them every other week


stogie_t

Yeah but most managers who are touted for this job are already wealthy. There’s no motivation for them to put themselves and their family through that.


KaliVilla02

>I’d absolutely do it to manage one of the best clubs in the world But you see, they have the option of not doing that. They don't need the shitty job with all the pressure, staying away from their families, putting them through that too and leaving whenever they are already comfortable at having to go used to a new place etc.. >especially knowing it’s literally less than a year. You're really trying to make it sound easier than the whole thing is. Like, no manager grabs a job with the intention of getting fired after 10 months for multiple reasons. >And it wouldn’t even be for “long periods” as you can afford to fly back and see them every other week They can also just don't grab a job at Hollywood FC with all the difficulties it has and still be with their families? It's also not the same seeing your family every two or so week than wake up every day in the same house as your wife and kids. Completely not the same and is hard.


bigthickdaddy3000

Lol my wife loses her mind if I'm gone for more than three days and I leave her with the kids.


NeptrAboveAll

Mine did when I first started commuting, (gone M-F, fly back for the weekends) but it gets easier


Flabby-Nonsense

Especially when there are so many other clubs looking for managers at the moment.


taclealacarotide

It's not a shit gig, but most of the managers mentionned already currently have a job, or they are clearly gunning for something else (e.g. Zidane). Some of them would take a payrise, but at the cost of having to go to a club that is nice but who's players are not easy to coach, and who's board seem to be morons.


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If Ancelotti decides to leave next season Alonso is heading to Real anyway.


Jlib27

That would make Pep's return to Barça tempting for a juicy El Clásico once again (don't know if even Guardiola could fix them though).


Karma_Whoring_Slut

Pep has been fairly vocal about never wanting to return to Barca.


ibuprofenintheclub

Never? Really? Did he give a reason?


cookieraider01

I don't think he's explicitly said why, but from his interviews and his book it's clearly a combination of two things. One is the pressure and expectations from both the fans and the media at that club are insane and he found that very stressful. Second is that since the board changes every few years, there is no consistency is club structure from the top down, which again makes his job more stressful.


Schnidler

also no money available


cookieraider01

Well neither Pep nor anyone close to him has ever given that as a reason. Did you hear that from him personally?


Schnidler

? he likes to buy players and you need money for that. not really a big mystery?


pole_fan

Pep has no reason to go to a financially handicapped Barca trying to win against Real with Mbappe


themasterofallthngs

Xavi almost got them to a CL semi final and would have a pretty good chance of reaching the final. Pep would do just fine


Erdnussbutter21

Thats why they should hire flick for another year and go after xabi/nagelsmann/klopp for 2026.


notahusky5

Why on earth would Xabi ever want to go to Bayern? If he has any ounce of intelligence, he'd avoid that clown show like the plague.


Waschkopfs

> Why on earth would Xabi ever want to go to Bayern? Probably because he enjoyed his time there and got on well with everyone


notahusky5

As a player, but would he enjoy his time there as a manager? Past Bayern managers would suggest otherwise. Can't imagine he's in a hurry to be insulted by Uli for no reason at all like Tuchel.


Erdnussbutter21

Alonso seems really likeable compared to tuchel. Tuchel always falls out with his clubs.


Waschkopfs

> As a player, but would he enjoy his time there as a manager? Past Bayern managers would suggest otherwise. Thats how it is at most top clubs to some extent. Tuchel and Xabi are very different people as well + Hoeneß and Rummenigge are far less involved than they were a couple of years ago Imo its a matter of when, not if. Its very unlikely he wont manage Liverpool, Bayern and Madrid at least once in the next 15 years. Also, if German reporters are to be believed, he at least thought about accepting Bayern's offer for a while before rejecting it


Qurutin

I don't think Bayern would hire a long term coach just to let them go if a bit more attractive option came available


ADHbi

Thats word for word what happened with Nagelsmann and Tuchel.


Qurutin

Really? Weird coincidence.


Waschkopfs

or Klopp


ObiWanKenobiNil

I cant see him going there given his Dortmund links, he seems to have to much respect for his former clubs to do that, just like how he said he'd never manage another English club


Capital_Tone9386

Somehow non-german people seem to have this weird idea that Dortmund and Bayern are these huge rivals where it couldn't be further from the truth. There's no bad blood between the two clubs and there's absolutely no issue for anyone to play or manage in both clubs over a career. 


Waschkopfs

I wouldnt rule it out, every German manager would at least think about it. He did so well at Dortmund, going to Bayern wont change anyone's opinion of him


-SandorClegane-

This is true. Mainz fans don't hate him for taking a step up to manage Dortmund. He served them well while he was there. Also, managing / playing for both Bayern and Dortmund during a career is hardly a unique circumstance.


Echleon

Especially since it’s been so long since he’s managed Dortmund. It’s not like he went straight from them to Bayern. Also, afaik Bayern vs Dortmund isn’t an intense rivalry like Madrid vs Barca or United vs Liverpool right?


OmastarLovesDonuts

It’s not, it’s more like Liverpool-Arsenal or maybe even less intense


NiviCompleo

As a Dortmund fan, it’s my worst nightmare, but also the outcome I expect the most


NiviCompleo

Yes Xabi, but also: Klopp So these candidates are passing on a high pressure job, where a championship is expected, and even if you thrive you’ll prob get replaced in a year by one of the guys they actually want


bigfootswillie

I don’t think Klopp would ever take the Bayern job. I believe he even said so multiple times in the past, not just due to Dortmund ties either


PrimeTimeInc

At least half of them were a quick phone call and then click bait at best. Like yea, Pep isn’t going anywhere. Zidane isn’t joining Bayern. Xabi isn’t leaving Leverkusen after winning the BL. Then you have the up and coming managers who would rather stay put then pick up a mid/low tier PL team than be disposed of after a lackluster start to their first season at Bayern. It’s a shit show. Someone call Jupp’s wife.


thelordreptar90

I like to think that there are tons of crazy proposals or feelers sent out all the time in football. At worst, clubs get a no and move on. At best, the offer gets taken seriously. Plus the crazier the offer, clubs wouldn’t worry about it making to the press because fans will just dismiss it.


PrimeTimeInc

Oh I 100% agree. ‘Tapping up’ is a term that gets thrown around a lot but it happens every day and to believe otherwise is naive. For example, are we going to believe Madrid hasn’t been tapping up turtle boy for the last 5+ years? I think Liverpool got punished for it recently for VVD or someone but like…why? There’s little difference in scenarios IMO. Irrelevant technicalities.


thelordreptar90

There’s that and just club to club discussions. Like Marca reported that we put in an offer for Mbappe last summer. The clubs won’t say anything publicly to protect their business relationships and the public rightfully mocked the report.


PrimeTimeInc

Yep. Half of the journos just making shit up and the other half are getting info from people who’d be better off keeping their mouths shut. Loose lips sink ships and all. But I guess everything has a price.


KneeDeepInTheDead

i have a hard time believing half of this is real


suhxa

Not really. For example lopetegui isnt really rejecting bayern when he is just one of many candidates bayern is considering and he rules himself out. Pep isnt rejecting bayern because i doubt bayern even contacted him. Really its just alonso nagelsmann and rangnick so far


annonyj

This reminds me of spurs 4 years ago just before the euros when kane tried to force his way out and we ended up with nuno.


6FootFruitRollup

While true, some like this shouldn't really count as a rejection. It's not that Pep doesn't want to go to Bayern necessarily, it's that he's at a great club and doing really well, it's understandable that he wouldn't want to leave for *any* team.


crackboss1

Have these 8-9 been actually approached by Bayern or by a random reporter?


Top_Poet_8988

Atleast 1 more year of suffering for english teams comfirmed


Thetallerestpaul

This was my main takeaway. Fuck off Pep, the white flag has been waving for a while. Liverpool had to get 3 of the top 10 points in Premier League history to get one title.  Arsenal have lost one game in 24. They've been top of the league for what feels like years the last two seasons and have nothing. 


Impossible_Wonder_37

Liverpool also had the “pound for pound” best manager, the best RB, LB, CB, RW, CDM, LW in the world for years.


WallBroad

Rodri, KDB, Silva and Gundogan have always been the difference. Pep knows midfield wins titles


AnonymousDiscChucker

But now he is trying as hard as possible to get 6 CBs and 2 Strikers on the pitch


MountainCheesesteak

Spent all his money on the smartest CBs to go with his mids. Now he only has these CBs.


Impossible_Wonder_37

Yessir. And I’m not saying that. I’m just quoting Liverpool fans.


dakaiiser11

Kyle Walker vs Trent Alexander Arnold is a spicy one. Can’t really go wrong with one or the other, would depend more on the system but I can see Trent putting a shift in for Pep’s side just as easy as Walker could for Klopp’s.


internethunnie

disagree with CDM, Rodri was always better than Fab


neesyFam

Fernandinho was City’s DM when Fabinho was arguably best DM in the world…


internethunnie

so the second half of the 2018/2019 season only? Fab didnt start playing regularly until later in the season and joined summer 2018. Rodri joined City summer 2019


Impossible_Wonder_37

Oh yeah I’m just joking. Quoting Liverpool fans. Some who will honestly tell you Fabinho was the best in the world. 1 good season was all it took.


internethunnie

i mean he was incredible in that 19/20 side, but idk who you are talking to that would seriously say he is better than rodri, maybe just that season since rodri was still settling in the City side


Impossible_Wonder_37

No it was just all their players are the best. Fabinho had one season onky when he was better than 35 yr old Fernandinho.


internethunnie

19/20 rodri played 35/38 pl games for man city and finished with 81 pts


TheeTeo

I wouldn’t say Rodri was better his first season, they both developed into great CDMs after that initial season


Iemand-Niemand

Don’t you mean LW? I know Messi kinda left the conversation of best RW when he left PSG, but until that point he was the best in the world.


tinnic

Remember when everybody thought Pep was going to be in Man City for 4 years tops because that's how long he was in Barca and about that in Bayern? 8 years later...


manisnotcool

He is gonna randomly extend. I can feel it


DeapVally

Ain't nobody gonna pay him like City pay him. There's no way his declared salary is anything like what he is actually being paid.


Dangerous_Parfait402

He might wake up one day and say “fuck it, imma stay until 2035 and do a Bayern and win the next 10 PL”. He needs 9 more to surpass Alex Ferguson after all.


killerboy_belgium

i only see that happening if the 115 charges are proven false or they get a very light punishment like a 10 points deduction and a transferban


Dangerous_Parfait402

If he renews his contract, and then the punishment comes out and it sends City to the Championship, then he would be a bitch if he forces his way out. So he either commits to a contract no matter what, or leaves after next season.


killerboy_belgium

depends if they get convicted and pep had nothing to do with it he has every right to cut ties with them. he could also just add clause that if they dropdown to the championship that he's free to go


Dangerous_Parfait402

There’s zero chance he’s not aware of what’s happening, he’s not an innocent boy. And if he dips while City is in flames, the fanbase would tag him as a mercenary who doesn’t care about the club, just about it’s money, dragging his reputation through the mud.


pmyourveganrecipes

Beyond City fans, who cares about what the City fandom think?


Dangerous_Parfait402

Guardiola, at least he should


DomineeringDrake

Bayern are reaping what they sowed. Sacking Nagelsmann was one of the worst decisions they have done in the longest time. It's not the sacking itself, but the timing which made it many times worse.


carnageandculture

Babe wake up new rejection just dropped


AFCm8

Fine, I’ll manage Bayern 


Coocoocachoo1988

Take a leaf out of Van Gaals book and introduce yourself by showing the team your balls.


aliaisbiggae

Pep going back to the wrong FCB would kill me inside


killerboy_belgium

would be funny if he goes there because its the only place his doesnt have ucl at


Insanel0l

Flick till 25 and inshallah


uflju_luber

Might actually work Unironically his time with the national team made people really underestimate him, Germany had by far the most xG but were incredibly unlucky give the guy time to make all the players click and his work will probably be incredible


TheLongistGame

"Pep Guardiola's management ends" man GTFO with this click bait


fluxxom

it was his bald head that jumped out at me first, i'd like to see censor bars implemented-- mods?


Caust1cFn_YT

just ask muller to manage at this point


BagingRoner34

Genuinely believe pep would be way more willing to return to bayern than barca


Wraith_Portal

Doesn’t scream “I might not leave in 2025 thought” 👀


BonoBonero

I also reject Bayern.


nutelamitbutter

They’ll end up with Jogi


kaaskugg

That would be a new Low.


triste___

Genius


throway_642

Fuck this. At this point, I am going to volunteer manage Bayern myself for a merely 1 million year.


riptide123

Mourinho is their best option


kylehyde05

At this point were not even memeing


ComfortableNo2879

Everybody is rejection us, why did you do it Uli?


SidBhakth

Senility


NeoIsJohnWick

Carlo will be asked the same question during presser for Bayern game by the journos. Ancelotti’s response is going to be hilarious as well.


iox007

🤨


Far_Eye6555

What if I want Pep to leave City this summer though…?


Itsgosky

Who’s next?


GreyDaze22

😆


Crono_

So, no story here


Makaay-10

City will bump up the offer to extend the contract. Here 30 Million/year.


InPurpleIDescended

One step closer to Moyes


andafunda

One last rodeo for Daddy Weng?


wobmaster

at this point whoever actually ends up manager there, will always be labeled as option 20k or whatever. they will drag them even if they do a good job.


Sitrus_Slinky

Listen, I’ll do it. When do I start? I make a great cupcake too.


tonucho

An option is Palermo for sure…when they get promoted in 2025 🫶🏻🫶🏻


MrMerc2333

Alonso, Negelsmann, Rangnick, Zidane, Tuchel (refusing to stay), Lopetegui, and now Pep.


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infidel11990

You do know that you can go and read the charges yourself? They relate to disguising cash injections as commercial income. None of the charges relate to paying Pep or any of the players under the table. None of the charges relate to hiding transfer spend. The only charge that has to do with either a player or a manager, involves paying Mancini as a consultant, on top of his regular managerial salary. Why do people like to throw around random speculation when it takes two minutes to research the facts?


Ferdinandingo

the vast majority of users here who bring up the charges have absolutely no idea what they're actually about, other than the fact that the charges are 100% true


bshaman1993

Average Reddit detective


quanid

Girona is second in la liga. His brother is doing pretty well tbh


TigerBasket

The loans from city helped Im sure


quanid

I will get downvoted but this show It is an "not yet illegal" efficiency model and many clubs are trying to replicate it. CFG are shady but they know how to exploit the holes in legal system like bug exploit in games before getting patched


BobbyBriggss

Why would you get downvoted for just describing what is happening


QouthTheCorvus

I don't think it'd be any sense of obligation so much as that currently, they give him everything he wants. He has a dream scenario at City. If the 115 charges end up leading to something, he can just resign and walk into any team then.


JujuMaxPayne

Not obligation, but also no incentive


IronThrombone

Nobody question Pep’s ridiculously expensive watches.


smokedserranojelly

We failed again


Thewiz98

2025 you say?👀👀


city_city_city

Pep who's back. Back again.


Zandercy42

I disagree.


comawhite21

Pep just wants to get Kane a trophy - the ultimate challenge…


SgtPeppers10

Sign allegri bayern


branstarktreewizard

That's Big Sam's music!!


KDBae

If anything I see him eventually going back to Barca


Due-Adhesiveness348

How many clubs exactly are in his heart?


Jujubatron

Moyes to Bayern confirmed.


justalittleahead

Bayern need to call in the decrepit Mourinho


Livinginmyshirt

Next stop for Pep should be Italian League or National Team.


BlueLabel19

If he returns to bayern before barca id be dead


thekhaos

Scenes of clubs rejecting Ronaldo over and over again


-sic-boy2

Pep needs to return to Barca and save them


adel_b

I am not sure why I was sure this is last season of Pep in City! ton of news I cannot recall real and fake from rumour.


malizeleni71

This feels like when Ronaldo was looking for a club in Europe and ended in SA when clubs rejected or denied offers. Can Bayern go to Saudi Arabia if everybody keeps rejecting them? Edit: I sure would 8-2 see that.


onceyouvemadethat

Ugh, ok, I give up. I'll manage Bayern, guys.


dopeveign

I've never seen this much rejection in my life


WoWoWoKid

Ffs go man


TheCatLamp

Pep has Bayern on his heart, but love does not pay for his titles, oil money does.


Maultaschenman

Bayern just can't stop taking unlimited L's