Bayern Munich great Lothar Matthaus praised the Bundesliga club's appointment of Niko Kovac, talking up the incoming head coach.
Kovac was surprisingly given a three-year deal to take the helm of Bayern beginning from next season after an impressive stint in charge of Eintracht Frankfurt.
"He [Kovac] has experience, he was a very good player and was the captain of the Croatia national team," he told Omnisport.
"Bayern was looking for a German-speaking coach who is in this position and Niko Kovac has done a very good job in the last two and a half years in Frankfurt.
"He built this team from close to the second league to a Champions League place in the Bundesliga.
"He has charisma, he has passion, he knows about football. He was a leader as a player and is showing this as a coach too."
