Kicker reporting that the Bayern players organised secret training sessions without Ancelotti.
All in all, that kicker report is pretty damning. The gist of it (most of it in the print edition):
Robben, Neuer, MĆ¼ller and Boateng as well as Lahm and Alonso last season complained to the Bayern board about Carloās training methods. They felt he didnāt improve the team or the players. Robben specifically said his son received better training with his youth team than Bayern did with Ancelotti. When the players organized individual training sessions on their own, Ancelotti forbade them. Players then moved to a different location for those training sessions.
His fitness coach was smoking in the locker room and didnāt do sufficient warm-up training (according to Kicker: Sometimes only 3 minutes).
Ahead of the game against PSG, for the first time (!!) during his tenure in Munich, video analysis were made, but their results didnāt enter the preparation for the game.
There was no in-game coaching. All Ancelotti told them during the draw against Wolfsburg at HT was āyou have to watch out betterā.
Kimmich, Coman and Boateng were thinking about leaving the club.
The team atmosphere was toxic because Ancelotti seemed to favour the Spanish players without an apparent reason.
Even if what is written about him is true, he is still a successful manager therefore failing to hit heights at one club does not mean his ship has sailed. Itās far too premature a judgment.
Canāt deliver effective training session.
Canāt manage his players mid-game.
Canāt successfully analyse opposition
Lost his dressing room.
Lost his jobā¦
Itās all pretty damning, and past success shouldnāt really stop you from being able to make an assessment on the present moment.
Indeed. Up to you if you think of winning the Bundesliga with Bayern as a significant achievement. The goal difference between 1st and 2nd alone is honestly comical, to each their own though.
