Pep Guardiola, the new coach of Bayern Munich has a big challenge to achieve.
Can he do better than the previous season? The Bavarian club has achieved a historic treble by winning the German Cup and championship and the Champions League. The pressure is huge for the former coach of Barcelona. “I know but it does not cause any problem to me,” he hinted at his first press conference.
The new Bayern coach inducted today will work with a staff that knows far along the path of the club in the Bundesliga, and on the European stage. Within this number are two African defenders: the Austrian of Nigerian origin, David Alaba and the German of Ghanaian origin, Jerome Boateng.
The Bavarian defense was a watchdog during the season. Few flaws behind throughout the career. Will Guardiola shake thinks?
Interested by several European clubs, including Arsenal, David Alaba will opt for continuity if Guardiola is convincing. He must decide on the tenure of the player and well waited on the goal of the club. Since the player is a versatile player who can reach the opposing goalkeeper, David Alaba will probably remain in this style. He would leave if the new boss of the Bavarians decides to change the game style with a rather fixed side in a 4-4-2 system. Something that seems somewhat obvious because at Barca, Guardiola has always given free rein to Danis Alves to project forward.
David Alba, 21, left fullback (Austrian of Nigerian origin)
The sector that Pep Guardiola wants to upset is the central axis. The youngest to have won the Champions League thinks of enlisting the Cameroonian Nicolas Nkoulou to boost the sector. A competition will be born between the German Jerome Boateng from Ghana and the Marseille defender.
Excellent in recovery and smart in retransmission, the brother of Kevin-Prince is an asset for the club. Little brutal, Boateng combines speed and marking. It’s up and diagonal cross on Ribery and Robben are beneficial. Difficult to separate such a profile from a club.
Jerome Boateng, 24, versatile defender (German of Ghanaian origin)