Mon Oct 6 13:38:07 2008

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Beckenbauer backs Klinsmann for turnaround

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Munich, Germany (Sports Network) - Bewildered Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer believes Jurgen Klinsmann is the right man to transform the club's fortunes.

Bayern could only draw 3-3 against Bochum on Saturday and are now 11th in the Bundesliga.

However, Beckenbauer said: "He has got to cope with the criticism from the terraces and from the media.

"But we must keep a cool head too. What is decisive is that the relationship between the coach and the team is intact.

"That was not the case with Felix Magath in the end, for example, but I cannot see any gulf with Klinsmann. He just needs time before his ideas start to work."

(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)