Niko Kovac’s sacking felt on the cards from the moment he stepped foot in Bayern Munich’s training ground. He arrived at a club in transition that had lost its elite standing in European football, while fractures between president Uli Hoeness and chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge were causing chaos in the background. Those toxic working conditions remain and will have to be sorted out quickly if Kovac’s successor is to avoid a similar fate. A succession plan is in place for Bayern’s flailing management, with Hoeness set to step down later this month and Rummenigge to follow in 2021. But a number of issues must be addressed if the club is to avoid seeing a messy transition turn into a disastrous decline. Power struggle Bayern’s power duo have slowly seen their relationship descend into incompatibility. Disagreements over the club’s commercial future, transfers, coaching appointments and even off-season training camps have put an unnecessary strain on the club. With Hoeness remaining as a board member it is uncertain how much things will — or even can — change. The 67-year-old has installed a lot of allies at the club and will likely use that network to continue to wield influence. The identity…