Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer has named Guus Hiddink as the man he would most like to see in charge of his club next season.

After sacking Jurgen Klinsmann as coach yesterday, chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said a new man must be found who "earns the respect of the players."

Beckenbauer believes Hiddink is such a man, even though he knows the Chelsea boss is unavailable as he will return to his Russia job fulltime this summer.

"I hope we can get a coach who is somewhere in the class of Guus Hiddink," he said.

Klinsmann was sacked after a poor run in the Bundesliga and Bayern's humiliating Champions League exit to Barcelona.

The Germans were thumped 4-0 at home in the first leg of the quarter-final but Barca midfielder Xavi believes the semi-final with Chelsea will go right to the wire.

He said: "These ties are usually decided in the second game. Whatever happens tonight, it'll all be decided at Stamford Bridge."