And now, who will want Thomas Tuchel?

At 50, Thomas Tuchel has a relatively dense sporting CV, which would undoubtedly make more than one coach green with envy. Since his debut at Mainz in 2009, when he was promoted to the head of the first team while managing the club’s U19s, the German technician has built a solid reputation on the continent. Whether at Dortmund, his entry passport for Europe, at PSG, his first foreign experience, or at Chelsea, the zenith of his career, the Bavarian by birth showed his ability to lead others into the stars, sometimes even in the dust.

And it is not his latest experience, at Bayern Munich, which will support the contrary thesis. After winning all possible national trophies with PSG between 2018 and 2020, as well as the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021 (he had fallen in the final a year earlier in the final with PSG against Bayern Munich), Tuchel had regained Germany last March, six years after leaving it. If he did not intend to choose the lines of his prize list by signing for Bayern, where they have become accustomed to annihilating their opponents with a form of sadistic pleasure for more than 10 years, “TT” had more embarrassment than choice. A Bundesliga won on the gong last season, but above all, controversies.

Clubs more hesitant about hiring him?

This season, Tuchel is probably going through the most difficult period of his career. Dumped by Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, humiliated by a third division club in the German Cup, beaten by Lazio in the 1/8 final first leg of the Champions League, engaged in an open conflict with his management and part of his locker room, the native of Krumbach is going through complicated times, and this is what pushed Bayern to end their collaboration at the end of the season. Tensions against a backdrop of disagreements have often polluted his latest experiences, whether at PSG, with Leonardo, at Chelsea, with his management and several players, and therefore at Bayern.

During his last freelance work, Tuchel also often conveyed the feeling of increasingly premature weariness. In December 2020, two years after his arrival in Paris, he expressed his exhaustion regarding the political issues surrounding the club, complaining about his role which was more akin to that of “of a Minister of Sports” as PSG coach. Same story at Chelsea where he repeated that he did not appreciate the responsibilities given to him in the transfer window, which involved daily contacts with the new shareholders. In Munich, less than a year after his signing, he made several fatalistic outings in the press: “I no longer want to say that we train well, no one believes it anymore. We have to question the players”he had whispered a few days before his departure was recorded.

Barça on the file, opportunities in the Premier League?

With 4 months remaining before the end of his contract, Tuchel has room to prepare for his future, far from Munich. If he had once been associated with Real Madrid, this door has now closed with the extension of Carlo Ancelotti. In Spain, it is rather towards Barcelona that he would now have the chance to bounce back. In January, he reaffirmed his intention to join Spain in the future: “I would like to go abroad again. Spain has an extraordinary championship. From my point of view, and from my experience working with the Spanish, they are characterized by enormous self-confidence.” An outing which did not fail to provoke a reaction on the other side of the Pyrenees, while Xavi will abandon his post at the end of the season. Besides, Mundo Deportivo revealed at the beginning of February that the German had even already offered himself to Barça with a view to next season.

But excluding Spain, what other door could open to Tuchel? Certainly not France, where Paris counts on Luis Enrique, nor Italy, where Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan have never been associated with his name, neither closely nor remotely. In the Premier League, on the other hand, Manchester United could well be looking for a new coach with the arrival of INEOS, as highlighted The Telegraph. BILD goes even further and affirms that the Mancunian club is the coach’s priority, while Erik ten Hag has seen his credit run out this season. Liverpool, with the departure of Klopp at the end of the season, will also have to find a new leader this summer. If Xabi Alonso emerged as the big favorite for the position, as we revealed to you, Bayern Munich also intends to use its relations with its former player. For his part, The Sun evokes interest from Newcastle. Otherwise, a coach position? According to The Telegraph, the German would have for a time been interested in the idea of ​​succeeding Gareth Southgate at the head of England. But today, it would be too uncertain to bet everything on an already blocked position. The proof: Zinedine Zidane has been waiting for his turn for three years.