Bayern Munich ‘ready to make humiliating approach to sacked boss after losing title to Bayer Leverkusen’
BAYERN MUNICH are reportedly ready to rehire Julian Nagelsmann. Thomas Tuchel is confirmed to be leaving the Bundesliga giants at the end of this season. GettyJulian Nagelsmann is the favourite to become the new Bayern Munich manager[/caption] GettyThomas Tuchel is set to leave at the end of the season[/caption] The manager only has the Champions League left to compete for this season. Bayern were dumped out of the DFB-Pokal by third-tier Saarbrucken back in November. This came after the club lost the German Super Cup to RB Leipzig at the start of the season. To make matters worse, Bayer Leverkusen secured the Bundesliga title with five games to spare, putting an end to Bayern’s 12-year domination. Tuchel’s departure was announce in February, with the club now looking to appoint his successor. The Bavarians’ first choice was said to be poaching the manager who took their crown – Xabi Alonso of Bayer Leverkusen. But after Alonso committed to stay another season with the Bundesliga champs, Christian Falk reports that Bayern have turned their attention to their former boss. Nagelsmann was sacked by the club last season due to the lack of player development, despite leaving them in an unassailable position at the top of the Bundesliga. CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS It has also been claimed that there are three other names on Bayern’s list of potential replacements for Tuchel. Brighton and Hove Albion‘s Roberto De Zerbi, former Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick and Benfica manager Roger Schmidt are the other candidates. Bayern appreciate De Zerbi for his style of play, but his inability to speak German and large team of assistants is apparently not ideal. The Italian has reportedly been approached and is interested in the role. Bayern would move on to these options should Nagelsmann opt to stay as Germany‘s manager. Outgoing Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has not been named as a potential option to replace Tuchel at Bayern, but he is in the running to replace Nagelsmann as the national team boss if he moves back to Munich. Klopp is set to take a second sabbatical of his career and it is claimed that Germany are willing to accommodate that wish and hire him in 2025. Tuchel showed why he could be the perfect man for Man Utd, says Andy Dillon By Andy Dillon TOMMY TUCHEL could not have done it better had he submitted his CV to LinkedIn or Indeed. Somehow mustering some gumption from the worst Bayern Munich team in more than a decade to stop a rampant Arsenal dead in their tracks is a spectacular job advert for a manager soon to be looking for work. If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wasn’t watching from his Old Trafford office or from the cinema room in one of his tax havens, he should have been. They may have even sat up and taken notice in Newcastle or in the owners’ Riyadh hub as Tuchel reminded everyone of his credentials as a top-level coach with devilish timing. If change is coming then Tuchel is playing a trump card. His side turned up and cowed the team that, as far as the current Premier League goes, is the best in England. It may only add to the questions around Tuchel that after tossing away the only league easier to win than Scotland’s or Spain’s, Munich have sprung to life in Europe. After 11 years unopposed as German champions, Chelsea’s former manager has chucked it in at home in a remarkable act of ineptitude. But freak years can happen. Tuchel is an enigma. But that is part of the appeal as much as winning the Champions League with Chelsea just three months after taking the job. With no new signings, he took a team that had lost five of the previous ten games and turned them into European Champions. With Ratcliffe considering swingeing budget cuts at Old Trafford, a coach who can perform wonders on peanuts would be music to his ears. Click here to ready Andy’s column in full. Or to read more from Andy Dillon, click here.
BAYERN MUNICH are reportedly ready to rehire Julian Nagelsmann.
Thomas Tuchel is confirmed to be leaving the Bundesliga giants at the end of this season.
Julian Nagelsmann is the favourite to become the new Bayern Munich manager[/caption] Thomas Tuchel is set to leave at the end of the season[/caption]The manager only has the Champions League left to compete for this season.
Bayern were dumped out of the DFB-Pokal by third-tier Saarbrucken back in November.
This came after the club lost the German Super Cup to RB Leipzig at the start of the season.
To make matters worse, Bayer Leverkusen secured the Bundesliga title with five games to spare, putting an end to Bayern’s 12-year domination.
Tuchel’s departure was announce in February, with the club now looking to appoint his successor.
The Bavarians’ first choice was said to be poaching the manager who took their crown – Xabi Alonso of Bayer Leverkusen.
But after Alonso committed to stay another season with the Bundesliga champs, Christian Falk reports that Bayern have turned their attention to their former boss.
Nagelsmann was sacked by the club last season due to the lack of player development, despite leaving them in an unassailable position at the top of the Bundesliga.
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It has also been claimed that there are three other names on Bayern’s list of potential replacements for Tuchel.
Brighton and Hove Albion‘s Roberto De Zerbi, former Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick and Benfica manager Roger Schmidt are the other candidates.
Bayern appreciate De Zerbi for his style of play, but his inability to speak German and large team of assistants is apparently not ideal.
The Italian has reportedly been approached and is interested in the role.
Bayern would move on to these options should Nagelsmann opt to stay as Germany‘s manager.
Outgoing Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has not been named as a potential option to replace Tuchel at Bayern, but he is in the running to replace Nagelsmann as the national team boss if he moves back to Munich.
Klopp is set to take a second sabbatical of his career and it is claimed that Germany are willing to accommodate that wish and hire him in 2025.
Tuchel showed why he could be the perfect man for Man Utd, says Andy Dillon
By Andy Dillon
TOMMY TUCHEL could not have done it better had he submitted his CV to LinkedIn or Indeed.
Somehow mustering some gumption from the worst Bayern Munich team in more than a decade to stop a rampant Arsenal dead in their tracks is a spectacular job advert for a manager soon to be looking for work.
If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wasn’t watching from his Old Trafford office or from the cinema room in one of his tax havens, he should have been.
They may have even sat up and taken notice in Newcastle or in the owners’ Riyadh hub as Tuchel reminded everyone of his credentials as a top-level coach with devilish timing.
If change is coming then Tuchel is playing a trump card.
His side turned up and cowed the team that, as far as the current Premier League goes, is the best in England.
It may only add to the questions around Tuchel that after tossing away the only league easier to win than Scotland’s or Spain’s, Munich have sprung to life in Europe.
After 11 years unopposed as German champions, Chelsea’s former manager has chucked it in at home in a remarkable act of ineptitude. But freak years can happen.
Tuchel is an enigma. But that is part of the appeal as much as winning the Champions League with Chelsea just three months after taking the job.
With no new signings, he took a team that had lost five of the previous ten games and turned them into European Champions.
With Ratcliffe considering swingeing budget cuts at Old Trafford, a coach who can perform wonders on peanuts would be music to his ears.
Click here to ready Andy’s column in full.
Or to read more from Andy Dillon, click here.