Pablo Laso has reportedly a deal in place with Bayern Munich / News - Basketnews.com

Pablo Laso will be the new coach of Bayern Munich, Marca reports. The Spanish coach has agreed to take over the German club after turning down several offers.

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Pablo Laso is about to sign a contract for three seasons withFC Bayern Munich, Jesus Sanchez from Marca reports.

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The coach from Vitoria has finally decided to accept the German club's offer after Bayern made clear their intentions of giving a new direction to their basketball section.

Laso has taken a sabbatical year after his ugly departure from Real Madrid, in which the front office invented a clinical pretext to release the coach after 11 seasons and 22 titles. The Basque coach is in perfect condition after experiencing heart problems, and he is ready to return to work.

Madrid decided to continue with Mateo after Laso recovered. Since his departure from the Spanish capital, the winner of 22 titles in 11 seasons with the Royal club, Laso has always received questions about his health condition after suffering a myocardial infarction.

"I'm fine," Laso recently told Jesus Sanchez of Marca. "A cardiologist told me that I should have coached in the ACB League final last year and that I didn't have to change my life.

"I'm not having a bad time being at home. And I'm not disconnected from basketball either."

He's expected to start a new project with the mission of regaining dominance in Germany and consolidating the club among the EuroLeague elite.

The Israeli national team, Panathinaikos Athens, Anadolu Efes have been interested in Laso in recent months. The two-time EuroLeague-winning tactician was also a candidate for the bench of the Spanish NT if Sergio Scariolo left office, something that seems unlikely. The play-caller of Virtus Bologna has a contract until 2024 and both Jorge Garbajosa and Elisa Aguilar, a possible successor to the presidency, hope to extend that agreement.

On the other hand, the Bavarian club wants to invest heavily in its basketball section, whilst putting their new arena, the SAP Garden (12,000 spectators), at the forefront. Bayern's board of directors intends to change the sports management after Andrea Trinchieri's tenure.

Per Marca's report, Laso has also valued the proximity of Munich to Madrid (compared to Athens or Istanbul) and the possibility of improvement for the German club.

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