Bayern Munich and Jurgen Klinsmann have parted ways following Saturday’s 1 – 0 loss to Shalke at home.  With rumors surrounding the move since Munich’s 5 – 1 aggregate loss to Barcelona in the Champions League and less than optimal results recently in the Bundesliga, the men in charge have brought in Jupp Heynckes to manage the last five matches of the season.

Via Guardian  

Klinsmann, who took over the German champions in the summer, has failed to meet the high expectations of the Bavarian club, who won the title last season, and was dismissed after a meeting with club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, general manager Uli Hoeness and director Karl Hopfner today.

With five to play Bayern are lying in third place in the Bundesliga, just three points behind leaders Wolfsburg, but the recent 5-1 humbling at the hands of Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-final was viewed dimly by the club’s hierarchy.

This will be Heynckes’s second time at the club where he enjoyed a four-year spell between 1987 and 1991.

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