Klinsmann: signings show it wasn't all my fault

BERLIN (AP) - Former Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann feels vindicated by the team's new signings.

Bayern fired Klinsmann in April after only 10 months in charge following a string of disappointing Bundesliga results and a Champions League quarterfinal exit to Barcelona.

Klinsmann had argued when he was in charge that the club should sign top players to make the team more competitive in Europe.

Incoming coach Louis van Gaal will have several new signings next season, notably Germany striker Mario Gomez and Croatia forward Ivica Olic.

In an interview with the Bild daily published Saturday, Klinsmann said he had been proven right.

"Seven, perhaps eight or nine new players - that is almost a complete team and shows that, with hindsight, they followed my analysis," Klinsmann was quoted as saying. "And it shows very clearly that the coach obviously was not solely to blame for last season's defeats - as it was so often presented."

Klinsmann, who made his coaching reputation by taking Germany's national team to a third-place finish at the 2006 World Cup, said he did not plan to take over a new team next season.

"When things didn't go ideally, one can learn a lot from them in professional as well as human terms," said Klinsmann, adding that he would "take a time out and educate myself further."