Nagelsmann To Leave Leipzig & Join Bayern At The End Of The Season

Leipzig head coach, Nagelsmann is set to leave the club the end of the 2020/21 season The 33-year-old will then take on a role as the new head coach of Bayern as of 1st July 2021.

Julian Nagelsmann is to become the new Bayern Munich head coach and has agreed a five-year contract beginning on July 1, the Bundesliga club announced on Tuesday.

Bayern, who are on the verge of a ninth successive Bundesliga title, have agreed to terminate the contract of Hansi Flick, who informed the club he did not want to stay in charge beyond this season.

“Julian Nagelsmann represents a new generation of coaches,” Bayern president Herbert Hainer said in a statement.

“Despite his young age, he has had an impressive career. We are convinced that, with Julian Nagelsmann, we will build on the great successes of the past few years.”

Talk emerged on Monday that Bayern and Nagelsmann had quickly agreed terms but that a fee to release him from his contract was proving a sticking point.