MUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich has brought former defender Willy Sagnol back to the club as assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti.
Bayern says the 40-year-old former France international, who played for the club from 2000-09, has signed a two-year contract and is joining Ancelotti’s son, Davide, as assistant.
He fills a gap left by Paul Clement’s and Hermann Gerland’s departures.
Sagnol made 184 Bundesliga appearances, winning five titles, as well as the Champions League in 2001, and German Cup four times.
After retirement, he worked as a TV pundit and functionary for his hometown club Saint-Etienne and the French soccer federation, before coaching the France Under-21s from 2013-14. Sagnol was coach of Bordeaux from 2014-16.
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