Bayern coach Flick the key to latest Bundesliga triumph
Hindustan TimesBayern Munich effectively won the Bundesliga title in November when it appointed Hansi Flick as coach. Bayern put Kovac’s assistant Flick in charge “for the time being.” He never looked back. Flick’s points-per-game ratio of 2.72 across all competitions is even better than Jupp Heynckes’ from Bayern’s triple-winning season in 2013, and better than Pep Guardiola’s ratio the following season, when the Spanish coach led Bayern to its earliest ever Bundesliga title in March. “Bayern’s development is outstanding, both in a sporting and financial sense,” club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said when the latest annual figures were released in September. Bayern also paid a league record 80 million euros to Atlético Madrid for French left back Lucas Hernández, who has barely featured this season due to injury.