Julian Nagelsmann, current coach of Leipzig (Germany), will join Bayern Munich for the next season, the Bavarian football club announced on Tuesday (April 27).
“FC Bayern have hired 33-year-old Julian Nagelsmann as their new head coach. The Bavarian-born coach will leave RB Leipzig to join Munich at the start of the next season, on 1er July 2021, and his contract with the German champion will be for a period of five years, until June 30, 2026 “, announced the club in a communicated.
Julian Nagelsmann has been in Leipzig for three years and led the team in the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2020, becoming the youngest coach to reach this level of the competition. Leipzig is currently in second place, behind Bayern Munich, in the standings of the Bundesliga, the German championship.
The Leipzig club did not say how much compensation they received from Bayern Munich, but their chairman Oliver Mintzlaff said the club had “Successfully achieved financial goals”. German media have cited a sum of up to 25 million euros, including bonuses – which would make him the most expensive coach in football history, say the Sky television channel and the daily Bild. He would surpass the record held so far by Portugal’s André Villas-Boas, who left Porto for Chelsea for € 15m in 2011.
Hansi Flick’s early departure
Bayern have said they have agreed to end Hansi Flick’s contract after he asked to leave earlier. Hired until 2023, he will finally leave his post at the end of the current season.
Hansi Flick won the Championship, German Cup and Champions League last season with Bayern and is on the verge of winning another league title.
At 56, his candidacy was submitted for the post of coach of the German national team, which will be vacant when Joachim Löw, whose assistant he was from 2006 to 2014, leaves his post after the European Championship of that year. year.