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Bayern Munich would be better off without Carlo Ancelotti, according to Arrigo Sacchi.

Italian boss Ancelotti has come in for criticism after Bayern’s start to the season and failure to go past the Champions League quarter-finals last season.

It is Germany’s worst kept secret that Bayern chiefs want Nagelsmann to replace Carlo Ancelotti in the Bavarians’ dugout, when the Italian’s three-year deal expires.

However, with Die Roten failing to impress in the early weeks of the season - they were beaten by Nagelsmann’s Hoffenheim - there has been talk that Bayern chiefs are keen on moving that schedule forward, bringing the 30-year-old tactician to the club next summer instead.

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Nagelsmann has made clear his desire to lead Die Roten, and Sacchi - who coached Ancelotti during his final playing years with the Rossoneri, believes a change would be best for both sides.

"It does look like changes would be good for Bayern," he told Sport1. "You get older and lose passion and that total desire. That's life.

"To me, it seems like the team has lost its enthusiasm.

"He is nonetheless a great coach. Which other coach has won the Champions League three times? He has had success all over the world.”

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Bayern landed a 4-0 win over Mainz on Saturday, with Robert Lewandowski scoring twice, to lessen questions over a supposed ‘decrease of drive’ within the squad.

“We had a lot of fun out there, played as a team and there is little to criticise about the performance,” said Thomas Müller after the victory.

“We weren't at all satisfied after Hoffenheim. We talked to each other, of course, because we're ambitious and want success. We want to take our good performance today into the coming weeks and we will see on Tuesday [at Schalke] and Friday [against Wolfsburg] how that goes.”