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Julian Nagelsmann's move to FC Bayern is apparently perfect.
As reported by "Bild", Munich and RB Leipzig have agreed that the 33-year-old will be able to move to Munich on July 1, 2021.
There was initially no official confirmation from the clubs.
In advance, the record champions and Nagelsmann had already agreed on a five-year contract.
The sticking point was the transfer fee for the coach.
According to the report, the Bavarians are transferring a double-digit million amount to Leipzig, which, including bonuses, can rise to up to 25 million euros.
Nagelsmann will thus become the most expensive trainer in the world and replace André Villas-Boas.
For his move from FC Porto, Chelsea FC had paid the previous record sum of an estimated 15 million euros in 2011.
In the Bundesliga, the 7.5 million euros for Adi Hütter's move from Eintracht Frankfurt to Borussia Mönchengladbach are the highest value so far.
Flick to the DFB?
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In addition, FC Bayern is trying to break up cleanly with previous coach Hans-Dieter Flick.
The Bayern coach had already asked for the termination of his contract, which ran until 2023.
He is expected to succeed national coach Joachim Löw in the summer.
Despite all the upset, it seems almost impossible that the management level of Munich does not comply with the request of their successful coach.
Nagelsmann moved from TSG Hoffenheim to Leipzig in the summer of 2019 for five million euros.
He had always emphasized that an early move would only come into question with the consent of RB.
Born in Landsberg, he has been considered a possible Bayern coach for years, and Munich club bosses have valued him for a long time.
“FC Bayern plays a bigger role in my dreams,” he said in a Eurosport interview a few years ago.
As a child and adolescent, Nagelsmann was a fan of the record champions and has also lived in Munich.
The wife and child already live in the Free State.
Leipzig is looking for a successor
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As the successor to Nagelsmann, the name Jesse Marsch last circulated.
The American is currently the coach of Red Bull Salzburg and had already expressed his interest in succeeding Nagelsmann.
Under Ralf Rangnick, Marsch was already an assistant coach in Leipzig and was very popular with the team and the environment.
The background to the end of the short term of office of Flick in Munich is also a long-smoldering dispute with sports director Hasan Salihamidzic.
In addition, Flick is evidently interested in the chance to succeed Löw after the EM in the summer, who will then vacate his post.
"I am grateful to the club that I was able to be the head coach at Bayern Munich," said Flick.
He was hired as assistant coach by Niko Kovac in 2019 and replaced him as head coach in November 2019.