With the departure of Croatian Nico Kovac from Bayern Munich, the latter again began the search for a manager to take over in the coming period.

The Bavarians sacked their coach on Sunday after more than a year in charge, recalling memories of the overthrow of Italian Carlo Ancelotti two years ago in a similar way.

Bayern's recent relegation was illustrated by Saturday's 5-1 defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt, a defeat that cost Kovac even though he led him to the league and cup double last season.

When it comes to finding a replacement, Bayern is a model of cohesion.

Kovac's departure is similar to that of Ancelotti, who was sacked in late September 2017 after a 3-0 defeat by PSG in the Champions League.

Like Kovac, Ancelotti did not continue much at Bayern.He signed him in July 2016 and won the Bundesliga title in his first season with the club but that was not enough to keep him.

The club's statements after the termination of Kovac's contract yesterday were similar to those of Ancelotti in 2017.

"We are now waiting for a positive development from our players," sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic told the club's website, the same statement made by club chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge after Ancelotti's dismissal.

Ancelotti needed to deal with the discontent of leading players on the bench, a problem that also faced Kovac.

German media also reported that Kovac had not received the full support of the players.

The Bayern administration has never been intimidated by such cases, with Otto Rehhagel, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Velez Magath, Juergen Klinsmann and Jupp Heynckes on top of the list.

Spaniard Josep Guardiola, who is currently in charge of Manchester City, was among the very few coaches who refused to renew their contract and left Bayern according to their desire and not the desire of the club.

Bayern's management may have learned the lesson from what happened in 2009 when they lost 1-5 to Wolfsburg, where Klinsmann was kept for five more games before eventually having to break his contract.

"Giving Kovac another chance would have been a decent thing," said Bild.

Now, the question is: who is in Kovac's place?

The club assigned temporary supervision to assistant coach Hansi Fleck, who leads the team in their games against Olympiakos on Wednesday in the Champions League and then against Borussia Dortmund next Saturday in the Bundesliga.

After the ouster of Ancelotti, club president Uli Hoeness used his old friend and former teammate Jupp Heynckes to take over the job, as was the case after Klinsmann left the club in 2009.

Bayern sacked Hynix in 1991 after winning the Bundesliga title in 1989/90, a decision Hoeness called "my biggest mistake" as the club's general manager at the time.

The 74-year-old announced his retirement from training at the end of the 2017-2018 season.

With this decision, the door seems open for many coaches to succeed Kovac, despite the exclusion of names such as Liverpool's current coach Jurgen Klopp, Thomas Tuschel, Paris Saint-Germain and Joachim Loew, coach of the German national team, each of whom has an extended contract with his team.

Ajax coach Eric Ten Hage, Ralf Rangnick, sporting director of Austrian Red Bull, Juventus coach Massimiliano Alegre and Jose Mourinho are among the favorites to succeed Kovac.

Former Bayern players Xavi Alonso, Mark van Bommel and Miroslav Klose, who are currently coaching the club's youth sector, Arsenal's former Arsenal manager Mauricio Pochettino and Tottenham Hotspur's Argentine.

Bayern are likely to give themselves some time to find Kovac's successor as the Bundesliga stop after the Dortmund match because of the international calendar.

Some reports suggest that the club may give Flick a chance to continue his temporary assignment until the winter break.