Arsene Wenger on what he likes about Bayern Munich as he inches closer to management return
The former Arsenal boss is tipped to take over at the Allianz
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Your support makes all the difference.Bayern Munich sealed their place in the Champions League last 16 with a 2-0 win over Olympiacos on Wednesday, with the watching Arsene Wenger explaining his admiration of them.
The former Arsenal boss, who has not taken on another management role since leaving the Gunners in 2018, is reported to be one of the candidates to take over at the Bundesliga champions until the end of the season, after Niko Kovac departed after the weekend defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bayern are thought to want to appoint a head coach until the end of the season, with Wenger and Ralf Rangnick the names at the top of the wanted list for the short term.
Working for BeIN Sports on Wednesday as part of the Champions League coverage, Wenger was asked about his thoughts on the Bavarian side and explained how he viewed their approach.
“What I like about them, you have to give that to the Germans, they always try to play,” he said.
“And they take responsibility to play. And Bayern is maybe the team that always tries to play possession. They are not scared to say: ‘Yes we want the ball, yes we take the game to the opponent. We want to dominate the game.’ Historically, they did always that, they have a history of a club that wants to play positive football.”
Pressed further on the matter and asked whether he’d take a team looking to challenge for a domestic league title, or would prefer one at the elite end of European competition, Wenger explained how they went hand-in-hand to an extent – as well as confirming that he spoke German fluently, which won’t quell the rumours of him taking over any time soon.
“Look, I think any team that is challenging for a league wants to challenge… in the big championships, the four or five big leagues, all these teams they want to challenge for the Champions’ League.
“You could argue, having seen the evolution recently, in England maybe it is as difficult to win the Premier League as the Champions League. Because the teams together you have 5 or 6 teams that are contending.”
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