Holger Badstuber welcomes Pep Guardiola

Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber believes that Pep Guardiola can make his side a better team than they already are.

The Catalan will end a year-long sabbatical and succeed Jupp Heynckes at the end of the season as the German club's coach.

"Like everyone else I was surprised," he told T-online. "Just his name says a lot. The many titles he has won with Barcelona, how he perfected the game, how he celebrates football and gives great pleasure to many people.

"Bayern could become the ultimate team in Europe. Right now there is no better team to play for. This has developed over the past few years.

"People did their homework in this club. Certainly, titles were missing but we learned from that. And now we have a great team that has a lot of quality."

Badstuber is currently out of action with a knee injury he picked up in December.