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The official confirmation is still missing, but there is already a buzz in the German forest: the coaching decision has been made at FC Bayern Munich. The record champions will part ways with Thomas Tuchel, but the collaboration will only end at the end of the season. Tuchel’s contract would run until the end of June 2025.
The media reports talk about intensive discussions between the coach and the club management. It was only in March of last year that the 50-year-old took over the German record champions as the successor to Julian Nagelsmann. He led Munich to their eleventh championship title in a row on the last matchday. This season, however, FC Bayern is threatened with its first titleless season since 2011/12.
Enough time for successors
In the DFB Cup, the Munich team was eliminated by third division team 1. FC Saarbrücken. In the round of 16 of the Champions League, FC Bayern must make up for a 0-1 defeat in the first leg at Lazio Rome in order to reach the quarter-finals on March 5th. In the fight for the championship, Bayer Leverkusen is already eight points ahead of Munich.
With the decision to end the season with Tuchel, those responsible at FC Bayern have enough time to present a suitable successor in the coaching position. On the other hand, Tuchel’s now announced expiry date is also a handicap. In “politics,” the Bayern coach would be a “lame duck” with a significant loss of authority. The same thing probably applies to sports.
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