Bayern Munich set to appoint Jupp Heynckes as 72-year-old makes return from retirement

BAYERN MUNICH are set to announce former boss Jupp Heynckes has come out of retirement to manage the club.

According to German paper Bild, the 72-year-old will return to the club he left in 2013 to replace the axed Carlo Ancelotti.

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The report suggests the 72-year-old has been coaxed out of retirement to take over from Willy Sagnol until the end of the season.

Sagnol had been given the role until a long-term replacement could be found for Ancelotti.

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