Sports writing (EFE).- Pablo Laso, former coach of Real Madrid, has signed as the new coach of the German Bayern Munich until the summer of 2025, the Bavarian club reported in a statement.
Laso, 55, returns to the bench after his departure in the summer of 2022 from Real Madrid, which he had led with notable success since 2011, winning two Euroleagues, six Leagues, six Copas del Rey, seven Spanish Super Cups and an Intercontinental Cup. He in total he achieved 22 titles.
Previously, the man from Vitoria, who had a long career as a player at Baskonia, Real Madrid itself, Cáceres, Girona, Lleida and Valladolid, as well as being international 61 times, directed Amics del Básquet, Valencia, Cantabria and Gipuzkoa.
His spectacular stage at the white club ended in July, a month after suffering a heart attack, when the white club announced his departure and later the election of Chus Mateo, until then his second, as the new coach of the first team.
Laso closed the last details this weekend with the general manager, Marko Pesic, and the sports director, Daniele Baiesi, according to Bayern Munich, and this Monday he was presented at the Audi Dome.
“It’s a great honor and I’m glad to be in Munich,” said the Spanish coach, and thanked the club for counting on him to “be a part” of the Bavarian project in the Euroleague and the German league.
“Naturally, I would be happy to achieve similar successes as in the past, but success is not solely defined by winning the EuroLeague, and that should be clear to everyone. I am 100 percent committed and ready to help Bayern reach the next level of this exciting project,” he noted.
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Herbert Hainer, the president of Bayern, assured that they are “super happy” with the incorporation of Laso, of whom he said that “he has tremendous experience, has celebrated great successes with Real Madrid and is one of the most recognized coaches in the Euroleague”. .
“We are delighted to have a basketball expert like Pablo Laso for our club. He has been in great demand for understandable reasons, and for him to accept now is a great honor. Pablo is one of the most successful coaches of the last decade and I am sure that he will influence us in a positive way with his experience and personality”, stated Marko Pesic.
Bayern have won the German league five times, the last in 2019, the Cup four times, including this season, in which they finished fifteenth in the Euroleague; in the previous one he reached the quarterfinals, but could not beat Barcelona, although he forced the fifth game; in 2020/21 they reached that round and lost by the same global score against Olimpia Milan.