Heynckes the ideal candidate, says Bayern chief

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness says incumbent manager Jupp Heynckes was always the club’s number one choice.

Heynckes is currently the manager of Bayer Leverkusen, who sit second in the Bundesliga, but will leave his post at the BayArena to manage the Bavarian giants next season.Hoeness admitted Heynckes needed some time to think about the decision but was pleased that the club’s preferred choice had signed on for his third stint with the Bavarian giants.”He is the candidate we all wished for,” Hoeness said.”The board had no problems to back this decision. We all agreed that if we could get Heynckes then we should get him, and only him. He knew he was our number one candidate and that we have not talked to anybody else.””He did ask for some days to think it through since he has grown close to Bayer Leverkusen over the last two years, he also was very successful with them. But in the end we all knew that we could make it happen to bring him back.”Hoeness believes that with the appointment of Heynckes, Bayern have a ‘good chance’ of winning next season’s Bundesliga.Bayern have struggled under Louis van Gaal this season and face a battle to qualify for the Champions League.But the Bayern president says things will change with the new appointment.”We are a club striving for success,” he said.”We want to win titles again next year and I think we have a good chance to do that.”