Thomas Tuchel will stop coaching Bayern Munich at the end of the season – – 2024-02-22 15:44:32

Bayern Munich announced that Thomas Tuchel will not continue on the Bavarian team’s substitute bench next season.

«In an open and honest conversation we came to the decision to end our relationship in the summer. Our goal is to undertake a new sporting organization in the next season with a new coach,” said the president of the Bayern Board of Directors, Jan-Christian Dreesen.

“Until then, everyone at the club must give everything to achieve as much as possible in the Bundesliga and the UEFA Champions League,” he added.

Tuchel arrived at the club as a replacement for Julian Nagelsmann, who had been removed from his role midway through the season. The board’s decision at that time was to return to Tuchel after Borussia Dortmund had deducted 12 points from him to take the lead in the Bundesliga.

The team with Tuchel was finally crowned champion, but neither the style of play nor what they exhibited on the field was ever convincing. He even talked about some short circuits in the locker room with the club’s leaders.

Tuchel was never an easy character and his relationship with the board was not easy either. The coach’s complaints about the decisions made in the transfer markets were frequent, especially for not finalizing the arrival of some players he requested.

In the current season, Bayern began by losing the German Super Cup against Leipzig, then was eliminated from the German Cup and in the Bundesliga is eight points behind the leader Bayer Leverkusen.

They have suffered three defeats in a row in the last week (Bayer Leverkusen and Bochum in the Bundesliga, Lazio in the Champions League) and that may have influenced the decision that was announced this Wednesday.

The Bundesliga is not impossible but it is improbable, which is why the board is putting its chips this season on the UEFA Champions League. “I am convinced that with the support of our people we will reach the quarterfinals,” Dreesen concluded.