{"id":639349,"date":"2024-05-03T10:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=639349"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:09:16","slug":"ralf-rangnick-bayern-munich-manager-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/03\/ralf-rangnick-bayern-munich-manager-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralf Rangnick U-Turn Forces Bayern Munich To Go for \u2018Plan D\u2019 Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ralf Rangnick has rejected Bayern Munich\u2019s offer to replace Thomas Tuchel ahead of the next campaign. As the season draws to a close, the Bavarians have to continue their search for a new manager.<\/p>\n<h2>Bayern Munich Manager Targets Revealed After Ralf Rangnick Snub<\/h2>\n<h3>A Shocking U-Turn<\/h3>\n<p>After entering negotiations with the club last month, Rangnick quickly emerged as the main candidate to take charge at Bayern. Talks were repeatedly described as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1785569846060556589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">positive<\/a>\u201d, with sporting director Christoph Freund <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1785428038441718235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hinting<\/a> that a final agreement could have been reached this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/29\/bayern-munich-players-injured-this-season\/\" target=\"_self\">Bayern Munich Players Injured Throughout the Season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Rangnick went on to announce his decision to stay as Austria\u2019s manager on Thursday, saying (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1785943593875562786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iMiaSanMia<\/a>): \u201cI\u2019m the Austrian team coach with all my heart. I really enjoy this task and am determined to successfully continue on our chosen path.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Bayern\u2019s Manager Search So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Rangnick becomes the third manager to decide against completing a move to Allianz Arena ahead of the next season. Since the club announced Tuchel\u2019s sacking in February, they have struggled to find a replacement for the former Chelsea boss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/13\/bayern-munich-records-2000-matches\/\" target=\"_self\">Bayern Munich Records In 2000 Bundesliga Matches<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Xabi Alonso, who was reportedly Bayern\u2019s favourite candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/story\/_\/id\/39831344\/alonso-confirms-leverkusen-stay-amid-liverpool-bayern-interest#:~:text=Xabi%20Alonso%20has%20confirmed%20he,his%20development%20as%20a%20coach.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> his decision to stay at Bayer Leverkusen in late March. The Bavarians then entered negotiations with their former manager Julian Nagelsmann. However, he went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/soccer\/germany-manager-nagelsmann-extends-contract-until-2026-2024-04-19\/#:~:text=April%2019%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Germany,(DFB)%20said%20on%20Friday.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extend<\/a> his contract with the German national team until after the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Club CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen has already <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1785595212678479882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> that keeping Tuchel beyond this season is not an option. Therefore, the Bundesliga giants have to continue their search for a new manager in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THREE WAY WAR - Who Wins The Premier League?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XQStPx9Lw0?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>The Remaining Candidates<\/h3>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1785943822939173277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Germany<\/a>, Rangnick\u2019s decision to stay in charge of Austria forces Bayern to come up with a \u201cplan D\u201d to replace Tuchel as they move away from their favourite candidates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/28\/what-if-jurgen-klopp-bayern-munich-coach\/\" target=\"_self\">What If J\u00fcrgen Klopp Took Charge at Allianz Arena In 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brighton\u2019s Roberto De Zerbi has been linked with a move to Bayern Munich in the past few months, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1771973819231518793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> holding initial talks over the vacant managerial position. Another target is Stuttgart\u2019s Sebastian Hoeness, who has worked at Allianz Arena as a youth manager before. Rehiring Hansi Flick could also emerge as an emergency option but the manager is reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1785023752050258184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interested<\/a> in continuing his career abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralf Rangnick has rejected Bayern Munich\u2019s offer to replace Thomas Tuchel ahead of the next campaign. As the season draws to a close, the Bavarians have to continue their search for a new manager. Bayern Munich Manager Targets Revealed After Ralf Rangnick Snub A Shocking U-Turn After entering negotiations with the club last month, Rangnick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":634427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1364,4],"tags":[9016],"class_list":["post-639349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bayern-munich","category-bundesliga","tag-ralf-ragnick"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}