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This is what we call a completely or almost failed adventure. Landed at the end of last season in place of Julian Nageslmann still in the race to achieve the hat-trick with Bayern Munich, Thomas Tuchel thought he would succeed in transforming the German giant. But that was not the case, far from it. After experiencing an astonishing elimination in the German Cup, the former PSG coach was also eliminated in C1 and finally had to wait for a monumental flop from Borussia Dortmund on the last day of the Bundesliga to recover the title of German champion . Proof that this title had not changed the view of the German leaders on the Bavarian season, on the evening of the coronation, Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidžić were sacked.
This season, the German management which had once again bet on Thomas Tuchel hoped for the best especially by giving him the choice of players during the transfer window with the notable arrival of Harry Kane for more than 100 million euros then those of Eric Dier and Raphael Guerreiro. But once again, the German technician was not unanimous, on the contrary. If it remains in the race in the Champions League, Bayern Munich was eliminated in the round of 16 of the German Cup by the modest team of Saarbrücken (German D3). Worse still, in the Bundesliga, Dayot Upamecano's teammates are in second place, 13 points behind leader Bayer Leverkusen and with only 7 games remaining. This Saturday, after the defeat in the Klassiker against Dortmund (a first since 2014), Thomas Tuchel admitted defeat. “The title ? There is no more suspense. We have no more hope, no need to tell anything. Congratulations to Leverkusen». A terrible observation for the man who already announced several weeks ago that he was leaving Bayern Munich at the end of the season.
Management wants to take its time
For Bayern Munich, which must once again rebuild itself, the time has come for negotiations. After the failure of Xabi Alonso who remains at Bayer Leverkusen, the German management is multiplying avenues and ideas. For the German channel ZTFsporting director Max Eberl took stock of the hot issues in addition to returning to the Xabi Alonso case. “Xabi's decision didn't affect me at all because we had been looking elsewhere for a long time. Xabi is an honorable player and man. I knew him because I had already negotiated with him in Gladbach while he was still in San Sebastian. That's why it was clear to me that he would not leave Leverkusen.”he said before discussing the numerous rumors. “Ralf Rangnick is said to be close to signing with us. So much so that Antonio Conte is apparently sending us lists of players we want to pursue according to other media outlets. You can see how strange these titles are. Anyway, I won't comment on names. I do not do it. We have ideas. We have clear ideas. Christoph, me and the club. We are now trying to implement them as quickly as possible.”
The sporting director also insisted that no names would be disclosed to the press as Bayern Munich hopes to close the deal in April.“Nagelsmann?” From the beginning, I didn't comment on any names and I won't do so now either. Especially the question of Ralf Rangnick, Antonio Conte, who I mentioned, and then there is another one in the Premier League who is apparently very interesting for us. From Zerbi exactly, exactly. We are really doing our job. I know everyone wants to know. But we cannot yet say that something is concrete. We explore, we evaluate, we clearly know what we want and try to implement it. When the time is right, we will announce it.” Bavarian supporters are already waiting for the management to make no mistake once again in their choice of coach. Because with these numerous failures, the German giant seems to have fallen far behind the European elite…
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