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Originally Posted by Tiberian
Perhaps understandable coming from Ancelotti, his last few years have felt like a firefighting/retirement tour. Probably have to go back to Milan for the last time he had a job where he could really put his own mark on a team rather than working with the remains of another manager's work.
Going from LVG-Heynches-Pep to a more hands off type in Ancelotti maybe too great a change. I wonder if Bayern regret moving Heynches on when they did? Age was a factor to be fair.
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Heynckes was always a stop gap between LvG starting the change and Guardiola, who was always the target. He was actually set on retiring until he realised how well he was doing and obviously wanted to stay. By that time Guardiola had been signed.
In theory I like the idea of going from the hands on mentalist to a more laid back approach. Can probably work quite well. Maybe had LvG been more popular and successful the Giggs succession plan may have worked for a year or two.