( CNN ) -- Jupp Heynckes has poured cold water on suggestions he could take over at Real Madrid by announcing he will take a break from football after leading Bayern Munich to a historic treble . The veteran coach 's team beat Stuttgart in the final of the German Cup last weekend to win a third major honor of the season , adding to the European Champions League and German Bundesliga trophies secured last month . `` The first thing I 'm going to do is go on holiday , '' Heynckes , who first managed Bayern between 1987 and 1991 , told reporters on Tuesday . `` I wo n't be taking up any engagement after July 1 , neither here in Germany nor abroad . I 'm going to withdraw , recover , and become a private individual . '' Bayern announced in January that former Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola would take over the team for the 2013-14 season , with many presuming Heynckes would call time on his managerial career . Blog : Can Chelsea go 'Back to the Future ? ' But the style with which Bayern secured a trio of titles , including a 7-0 aggregate thrashing of Barca in the Champions League semifinals , led to the 68-year-old being mooted as a possible to successor to Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid . It was announced Monday Mourinho is returning to his former club Chelsea on a four-year deal . Heynckes led Real to Champions League glory in 1998 but was sacked for finishing fourth in the Spanish league . Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti has also been heavily linked with the Madrid vacancy . Heynckes began his third spell as Bayern coach in 2011 , replacing the sacked Louis van Gaal after the club had limped to a third-place finish in the Bundesliga . The former West Germany player also took charge of the team for five games in 2009 following the dismissal of Jurgen Klinsmann . `` The coaching job at FC Bayern costs a huge amount in terms of resolve , power and energy , '' Heynckes said . `` Especially over the last few weeks , I 've sensed that I 've been at the limit . It was incredibly demanding , incredibly all-encompassing . While Heynckes distanced himself from any current vacancy , he refused to rule out a future position , adding : `` I have something personal against finality . '' `` Of all of us , he 's the one who deserves his vacation the most , '' declared Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge . `` The entire club is eternally grateful to Jupp . There could n't be a better or more deserved way to say farewell . '' Bayern president Uli Hoeness echoed Rummenigge 's sentiments , saying Heynckes ' achievements had cemented his place in the club 's history . `` Our friend is probably leaving Munich , but that wo n't end our friendship . It 's become even deeper , '' Hoeness said .
Bayern Munich 's treble-winning coach Jupp Heynckes plans to take a break from football . The 68-year-old will be replaced by former Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola next season . Bayern won the European Champions League , German championship and German Cup . Heynckes had been hotly-tipped to fill the coaching vacancy at Real Madrid .