David Alaba has told Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich they must make changes if they are to improve next season.


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Bayern won an unprecedented sixth successive Bundesliga title last term, but were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Real Madrid in the semi-finals and suffered a surprise DFB Cup final loss to Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend.
With the domestic season over, while a number of their stars head to the World Cup, the Bayern powers-that-be will be working feverishly to give incoming boss Niko Kovac a squad that can provide a challenge on three fronts again next season.

After Heynckes replaced Carlo Ancelotti in October, there was little wrong with Bayern’s season as they quickly made up a five-point deficit to early pacesetters Borussia Dortmund and then roared off into the distance.
Kovac, as a former Bayern player, will know the size of the challenge ahead, but he has enhanced his reputation as a first-rate coach at Frankfurt over the last two seasons.
His success over his future employers in the cup final may have stung Uli Hoeness, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge & Co. at the final whistle, but they must also have taken some consolation with Frankfurt’s win at least comforting them in that they have the right man for the job.

Bayern’s Germany international centre-back Mats Hummels said: We would have had total respect for him as a coach even if we had won,  For me it makes no difference. I already had a good opinion of him.

Joshua Kimmich, clearly still smarting from the 3-1 loss, reminded Kovac that at Bayern, he will only be as good as his next game.