{"id":1114501,"date":"2019-11-07T16:54:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1114501"},"modified":"2019-11-07T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:08:10","slug":"bayern-munich-arsene-wenger-rejected-confirmed-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/bayern-munich-arsene-wenger-rejected-confirmed-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich confirm they have rejected ex-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bayern Munich have turned down the chance to appoint Arsene Wenger as the club&#8217;s new manager.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bavarians are actively pursuing a new head coach following the dismissal of\u00a0Niko Kovac earlier this week, but talks with Wenger have proven unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why have Bayern rejected Wenger? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wenger has been out of managerial work since leaving Arsenal in May 2018.<\/li>\n<li>The Frenchman has kept busy working as a pundit but hasn&#8217;t ruled out a return to the dugout.<\/li>\n<li>Bayern recently sacked Kovac following a 5-1 defeat to\u00a0Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/li>\n<li>And Wenger quickly emerged as one of the favourites to succeed the German.<\/li>\n<li>However, Bayern have confirmed in a public statement that they have rejected Wenger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7411631\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wenger had been in negotiations with Bayern regarding the vacant post, but chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has opted against appointing the ex-Arsenal boss, confirmed in a public announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich stated (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfbayern\/status\/1192478255753945088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bild<\/a>): &#8220;Arsene\u00a0Wenger called Rummenigge on Wednesday afternoon and signalled an interest in coaching at Bayern.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bayern appreciate Arsene Wenger very much for his work as a coach at Arsenal London, but he is no option as a coach at Bayern Munich.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liverpool &amp; Man City Ranked From Worst to Best\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BWBVox9fE_g?start=288&#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<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speculation had been heating up across the past few days in relation to Wenger and the Allianz Arena dugout, but the Bundesliga champions will now look at other possible candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Among those are Jose Mourinho, who has previously talked up the possibility of one day managing in the German top-flight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bundesliga provides an exciting competition to follow, especially with the teams in the middle of the table,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/jose-mourinho-hints-at-desire-to-land-borussia-dortmund-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> back in April.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re constantly improving and thereby creating a more level competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFull stadiums, great organisation, good tactical approaches by many teams \u2013 I think the Bundesliga is really interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich have turned down the chance to appoint Arsene Wenger as the club&#8217;s new manager. The Bavarians are actively pursuing a new head coach following the dismissal of\u00a0Niko Kovac earlier this week, but talks with Wenger have proven unsuccessful. Why have Bayern rejected Wenger? Five things to know&#8230; Wenger has been out of managerial&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1105466,"parent":0,"menu_order":4390,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Arsene Wenger: Bayern Munich confirm they have rejected ex-Arsenal boss in public statement","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Bayern Munich have turned down the chance to appoint former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger as the club's new manager.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1114501","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsene Wenger: Bayern Munich confirm they have rejected ex-Arsenal boss in public statement<\/title>\n<meta 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