Aug 13, 2008
Story Timeline: 150 days
Klinsmann heads crop of new coaches in Bundesliga : The biggest signing in the Bundesliga will spend the season on the bench. Bayern Munich invested more than €70 million (US$105 million) in new stars last season and the club-record outlay paid off when it swept the domestic double. This season, Bayern did not spend a cent on new players. Perhaps Germany's richest club could not afford any after the arrival of Juergen Klinsmann as new coach. Klinsmann replaces Ottmar Hitzfeld, who left to coach Switzerland, after delivering the Bundesliga title and the German Cup. The terms of Klinsmann's two-year deal are not known, but he doesn't come cheaply. Klinsmann also brought along an 11-member international support staff — the size of a lineup — that includes Canadians, Americans and Brazilians. He set up a new high-tech training...
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