Thomas Tuchel's future is of utmost interest.
Christian Polk, a reporter who is in charge of Bayern Munich in Sport Bild, Germany, said on his personal SNS on the 22nd, "Tuchel wants to return to the Premier League. Manchester United is a club that he has always been interested in. Now he will take on a new challenge after breaking up with Bayern this summer."
Tuchel is interested in the position of Manchester United's head coach. He said on his personal SNS on the 23rd, "Coach Tuchel is clearly paying attention to Manchester United. It was confirmed again. Manchester United once appealed to Tuchel in the EPL."
In addition, he said, "I can imagine Tuchel coaching Manchester United someday. I think he still has his mission in the EPL."
Tuchel's future was confirmed on the 21st. Bayern officially announced his separation from Tuchel on its official website on the 21st, saying, "The club and Tuchel have agreed to end the contractual relationship, which was originally scheduled to remain until June 30, 2025. This is the result of constructive discussions between Munich CEO Jan Christian Dresen and Tuchel."
CEO Dressen, who led serious discussions with Tuchel, said, "Through good discussions, we have made a decision based on mutual agreement to end our partnership in the summer. Our goal is to pursue a new football direction with a new coach in the 2024-2025 season," stressing that the decision was made after discussions with Tuchel.
Coach Tuchel also vowed, "We agreed to end the partnership after this season," adding, "Until then, I will continue to do everything I can for maximum success with the coaching staff."
Tuchel took the helm of Bayern in March 2023. At that time, Bayern lost trust in Julian Nagelsmann and replaced him. Bayern appointed Tuchel to the vacancy created by Nagelsmann's departure.
Tuchel was still a wild man back then. Having been assigned to Chelsea in January 2021, Tuchel successfully landed in the EPL. He was appointed in the middle of the season and led Chelsea to the European Champions League (UCL), where he fulfilled Chelsea's aspiration. However, he was dismissed as soon as the 2022-2023 season began. The biggest reason for the dismissal was friction with Chelsea owner Todd Boehly.
Bayern wanted to join a new club, and Bayern had a huge opportunity for Tuchel. His skills have been proven in Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Chelsea, and Bayern fans had high expectations as he had ample experience in Bundesliga as he led Mainz and Dortmund.
Perhaps because he was put in as a firefighter at the end of the season, Tuchel did not immediately show his competence. The players did not seem to be able to melt into Tuchel's tactics. Nagelsmann showed better performance than the coach, but he did not bring out the destructive power of Bayern. Although he succeeded in dramatically bringing about the Bundesliga title, the prevailing view is that it was the result of Dortmund's self-destruction, not because Tuchel did well.
As doubts about Tuchel were growing, the 2023-2024 season was an important test stage for Bayern and Tuchel. From Bayern's point of view, they supported Tuchel as much as they could in the transfer market. Reinforcement has been completed throughout all positions, including Harry Kane, who brought in the best transfer fee in Bundesliga history, and Kim Min-jae, a world-class defender.
Bayern started the 2023-2024 season aiming for the treble just like ever before, but the team struggled from the start. The team lost the German Football Association (DFB) Super Cup against RB Leipzig. His dream to become a treble was quickly dashed.
In the DFB Pokal Cup, he lost to FC Zarbrücken, the third-division Bundesliga team, and his pride was properly cracked. Although Dayo Upamecano and Matthijs de Licht were injured and it was difficult to manage the game normally, it was a match that Bayern should have won. Still, there were Bundesliga and UCL, so Tuchel had to prove it with his grades.
With Kane's explosive scoring streak and Leroy Sane's good performance, Bayern began to take control again. However, rumors began to emerge that the relationship between Tuchel and the team was creaking as the season passed. Crucially, the tactician Tuchel failed to show what direction he would lead Bayern. As the performance did not improve and the performance crashed, rumors of a disagreement with the team grew even more.
There has been a story that some players are losing trust in Tuchel, led by Joshua Kimmich, a key Bayern midfielder. Bayern explained that there is a strong trust between the team and the coach externally, but the team finally began to collapse.
The most painful loss was the loss to Bayer Leverkusen led by Xavi Alonso. It was Alonso's match against Leverkusen, which he had to catch to win the Bundesliga upset. If the flow of Leverkusen, which is running undefeated, could not be cut off, the hope of a come-from-behind victory would inevitably be reduced.
However, Tuchel opted for a sudden change in tactics in an important match. Tuchel's decision was a serious setback, and as a result, Bayern lost 0-3 to Leverkusen, widening the gap with Leverkusen. Now Bayern cannot win the league unless Leverkusen destroys itself.
The 0-3 shock defeat against Leverkusen was just the beginning. Public opinion against Tuchel started to turn completely as the first leg of the UCL's round of 16 against Lachie fell to the knee 0-1. Calls for the immediate dismissal of Tuchel have been mounting. Worse yet, the team lost 2-3 in a Bundesliga league match against Bochum, losing three consecutive games. There is also a good justification for the dismissal of Tuchel.
The Bavarian leadership insisted that it would not dismiss Tuchel, but finally came to the conclusion that it was a breakup under mutual agreement. The majority view this decision as nothing more than a dismissal.
Tuchel is looking for a new club while doing his best to achieve a successful success in Bayern. The clubs that Tuchel wants are being narrowed down to Manchester United and Barcelona. Manchester United is currently operating under Erik ten Hag.
Coach Ten Hag showed remarkable growth in his first season, but he was once on the verge of being dismissed in the 2023-2024 season. Due to Antony's deep slump, his disagreement with Jadon Sancho, and recruiters' disappointing performance, Manchester United once fell to the middle of the league. In the UCL, he was the lowest in the group and even faced a shocking result of being eliminated from the group stage.
With the rebound in 2024, the team could aim for the top four again, but public opinion on Ten Hag is not very good. Jim Ratcliffe, who has taken control of Manchester United by acquiring a 25 percent stake, is preparing for a major change. If Ten Hag fails to show a clear result in the second half of the year, it is possible to change the coach.
Barcelona is also one of Tuchel's most influential destinations. After learning about Tuchel's replacement, Fernando Polo, a Spanish journalist with Mundo Deportivo, posted on his personal SNS account, "He knew that Tuchel would not be able to continue taking the helm at Bayern. He called Barcelona a few days ago."
It is speculated that Tuchel also had an intuition of breaking up with Bayern to some extent. He contacted Barcelona to move to another team immediately. Barcelona is also going to say goodbye to Xavi Hernandez after this season, so it needs to find a new coach.
Tuchel's connection with Barcelona. He said, "I heard that Tuchel is very likely to move to Barcelona and is on the shortlist with other candidates." 안전 토토사이트
"He has been analyzing Barcelona's DNA for many years. He was fascinated by La Masia, Barcelona's youth academy, met Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff during his lifetime, and exchanged views with Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola," Tuchel said, claiming to be a big fan of Barcelona. Will Tuchel be able to watch him lead Manchester United or Barcelona.