Bayern Munich: surprising revelations on the ousting of Thomas Tuchel

Between Thomas Tuchel and Bayern Munich, the love story did not even last a year. Appointed coach of the German club at the end of March 2023 in place of Julian Nagelsmann, the 50-year-old technician was to bring the Bavarians back to the top. But he failed in his mission. Despite a title acquired on the final day of the Bundesliga last year, he failed to win a German Cup. His team was eliminated twice from this competition under his command. In the Champions League, the Germans fell by the wayside last year, but are still in the race this season. But they were beaten 1-0 by Lazio in the 1/8 final first leg.

Breakup between TT and several players

In the league, they are ahead of an impressive Bayer Leverkusen (8 points behind them, editor’s note). Nothing is going well for the Munich residents, who remain on 3 consecutive defeats. Which also pushed the leaders and Thomas Tuchel to come together. Both parties have decided to part ways at the end of the 2023-24 season. The news was broadcast in the German press yesterday shortly after 10 a.m. A few minutes later, the residents of the Allianz Arena published a press release to formalize the departure of the former Paris Saint-Germain coach. They clarified that this joint decision is “the result of a friendly conversation between CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen and Thomas Tuchel.” Which TT later confirmed.

So here is the official version. Now, let’s take a look behind the scenes of this divorce. Besides the results, Tuchel’s strong personality and relationships with certain players caused his downfall. It’s no secret that certain elements like Thomas Müller, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka and Matthijs de Ligt are at odds with him. Kicker does not prove him wrong and indicates that the club’s limitless confidence in several former members of the locker room, too “selfish” And “overpaid” is not a good thing. Tuchel tried to change things last summer by asking for a No. 6. But he was not necessarily followed.

A decision made for the good of all

What worked at his previous clubs didn’t work in Bavaria either. From which he suffered greatly. All this pushed the coach and Bayern Munich to part ways. How was the decision made? TZ reveals that German leaders absolutely wanted to avoid a sudden dismissal. They were marked by the Julian Nagelsmann episode, which they slapped in the back last year. For the Bavarian thinking heads, the idea with Tuchel was for the situation to be clear and clear very quickly for both parties in order to give time for the club to prepare its succession and for Tuchel to start discussing with other teams.

The decision was therefore taken by mutual agreement after the final setback against Bochum on February 18. Both sides announced the news to the players on Wednesday morning, before training scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at Säbener Straße. Tuchel and Dreesen (CEO) met with the team to inform them of their separation this summer. For the moment, nothing has leaked regarding the players’ reaction. Bild however indicated that they trained a little late following this announcement. Once on the pitch, Tuchel communicated normally with his players. But his assistants, Anthony Barry (37 years old) and Nicolas Mayer (42 years old) shouted at them a lot, specifies the German publication. The idea now is to finish the season well together. But if things ever get worse, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is expected to take over as interim manager.