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Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller has said coach Carlo Ancelotti is closer to the players than his predecessor Pep Guardiola, telling Bild: "Pep was thinking about perfect solutions all day long." Muller, 26, begins his eighth Bundesliga season with Bayern when the German champions host Werder Bremen on Friday. Ancelotti is his fourth manager at the club after Louis van Gaal, Jupp Heynckes and Guardiola. "Ancelotti is a bit closer to the players. Pep was somewhat in his own world," Muller said. "All day long he'd think about how he could move players by two, three meters in a certain situation on the pitch to find a perfect solution. That was crazy in a positive sense." He said training under Ancelotti was "fun," adding: "He has a good way of handling players, and I hope that we'll be successful." Guardiola won three consecutive league titles with Bayern but was criticised by winger Franck Ribery, who said he "lacks experience" and "sometimes talks too much."
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