The end of Gerd Müller and Wilhelm Neudecker: in 1979, there was constant friction between coach Pal Csernai and superstar Gerd Müller. The feud is said to have started with Müller's substitution during a match against Eintracht Frankfurt. Gerd Müller fled to the USA. Csernai had only got the job because his former boss, Gyula Lorant, had been sacked.
Bayern president Neudecker wanted to hire former 1860 coach Max Merkel. Merkel had a reputation as a taskmaster, and the rather pampered Bayern stars were afraid. They rejected coach Merkel and Neudecker resigned. Instead, Pal Csernai became head coach.
The Neudecker era was over, the Bundesliga's first player revolt had succeeded — for under Pal Csernai, Bayern became champions twice.
