Pep Guardiola is one of the best coaches in the world. At FC Bayern, he once had a special idea with Manuel Neuer - he shouldn't be a goalkeeper.
- Pep Guardiola collected some titles with Bayern Munich.
- Now CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has unearthed a very special anecdote.
- Manuel Neuer should play a game - but not as a goalkeeper.
Munich - The Pep Guardiola era had a lot that many a Bayern fan would have wished for on a dreary autumn day in 2019: remarkable football, glamor, goals, title *. Well - some of these components have been back at FC Bayern since Hansi Flick * was promoted.
It is now clear to many fans of Munich that there is no better one than Flick . President Herbert Hainer also recently advocated that he be allowed to stay longer - if the results are still right. The rational thinker is rather not a fan of experiments. Pep Guardiola apparently already, as an incredible anecdote from his tenure in Bavaria now proves.
Bayern Munich: Pep Guardiola wanted to line up Manuel Neuer in midfield
What was the plan? As CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge wrote in his preface to the latest issue of Bayern magazine "51", the successful coach had a very special plan with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer .
“I still remember how Pep Guardiola, after winning a championship, seriously came up with the idea of putting him up for a midfield game. It was difficult for me to dissuade Pep from this idea, ”wrote Rummenigge. I beg your pardon?! Manu, the Libero - sure. Neuer reinvented the goalkeeper game, has always acted far from his box and occasionally affords himself a courageous trip. But is it really a Bundesliga game in midfield ?
MANU IN THE MIDDLE !!! Oh #Pep, a fantastic idea - how I would have loved to see it !!!
Kalle, what have you done ???
From his foreword in the new @ FCBayern magazine: pic.twitter.com/BrRc4ITjdK
Now it is not clear whether this story is actually true. Rummenigge goes back to the idea in his foreword - an indication that it was really serious? Guardiola's idea “some might have interpreted us as arrogance. But I am convinced that Manu would have done well in midfield too, ”he said.
It is inconceivable how the football world would have reacted to this line-up - but it would have been interesting for everyone to see Neuer on the field. Maybe he would have even met? At least that would not have been unusual for Bayern Munich . With Hans-Jörg Butt there was already a keeper in the squad * who scored one or two goals - even if it was only a penalty.
Manuel Neuer in midfield? Pep Guardiola once had a crazy plan at Bayern Munich
Whether Hansi Flick is considering setting up Neuer in the field? He has other problems against Hoffenheim. Who does he let go after Ivan Perisic is injured? Here is the live ticker for the DFB Cup game.
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