Van Gaal to Leave Bayern in June

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

FC Bayern Munich board directors Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Karl Hopfner, director of sport Christian Nerlinger, and head coach Louis van Gaal, today met to discuss the current situation at the club. 

The club has issued the following summary of the meeting:

Louis van Gaal will remain FC Bayern Munich head coach until the end of the current season on 30 June 2011;

the contract between FC Bayern Munich and Louis van Gaal, originally set to expire on 30 June 2012, will be terminated by mutual consent at the end of the current season;

the reason for the termination is a difference of opinion regarding the strategic direction of the club.

Given FC Bayern Munich’s difficult sporting situation at the present time, all the parties resolved to direct their entire and combined efforts towards the club still achieving its minimum sporting targets for this season.