FILE PHOTO: Bayern Munich's coach Pep Guardiola (R) gives instructions to goalkeeper Manuel Neuer during the team's practice session in Plzen November 4, 2013. REUTERS/David W Cerny
BERLIN (Reuters) - Pep Guardiola had to be dissuaded from playing goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in midfield during his days as Bayern Munich coach, according to the club's chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
"I remember when Pep Guardiola, after winning a championship, seriously considered the idea of putting him in midfield for a match," Rummenigge told the club magazine '51'.
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