Photo Gallery Willkommen, Pep!
Wildly successful football coach Pep Guardiola sought out Bayern Munich as his next challenge. But he is arriving just after the team had one of the most successful seasons the Bundesliga has ever seen. Will he stand up to the pressure? Here, Guardiola hugs FC Barcelona star player Lionel Messi after a Champions League semifinal victory against rivals Real Madrid in 2011.
Guardiola has a big challenge ahead of him. Bayern Munich just had one of the most successful seasons in Bundesliga history.
Uli Hoeness (left) and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and the chairman and club president of powerhouse football team FC Bayern Munich, respectively, were key to bringing Guardiola to the team.
Guardiola, shown here with his wife Cristina Serra, is known as an intensely private person. But he will be closely watched in Munich.
