It’s official. The bomb that the journalist Fabrizio Romano, a specialist in market issues, advanced this Thursday, has ended up exploding. He Bayern Munich just announced the termination of Julian Nagelsman 631 days after the young coach, just 35 years old, took over the reins of the Bavarian giant. His replacement on the Allianz Arena bench is Thomas Tuchelwithout a team since he was fired by the Chelsea early in the season. Bayern also confirmed in the same statement the incorporation of Tuchel, who signs until 2025 and will lead his first training session at the head of the Bavarian team on Monday.
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He Bayern March second in the Bundesliga, just one point behind the leader Borussia Dortmundand is in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, where he will face Manchester City of Pep Guardiolaand of the DKB Pokal, being the Freiburg his rival. It is so evident that the current champion has not started the year well in domestic competition -five wins, three draws and two losses-, losing first place on the day before the national team break, as the dismissal of Nagelsmann It is not due solely to strictly sporting issues.
Disagreements with the board and the dressing room
In fact, in the last hours disagreements with the board -Kahn and Salihamidzic- and the players have come to light. Own Nagelsmann He had been denouncing the presence of a mole in the locker room for some time. “They are protected species, finding them is difficult. I can sleep peacefully, I think the mole cannot say the same,” said the German preparer after ‘sports picture‘ to bring to light images of some analysis of his matches.
With or without a mole, the stage of Nagelsmannfor which the Bayern paid 20 million euros to Leipzig in its day, it comes to an end much sooner than expected. He signed until 2026 with the idea of building a long-term project, his first at the highest level, however he leaves just a year and a half later with a balance of a Bundesliga, two German Super Cups… And the feeling of not having finished fulfilling the expectations that had been placed on him.
Bayern lifted the 2021-22 Bundesliga with Nagelsmann at the helm
a hot bench
Tuchelfor his part, will become the eighth coach of the Bayern in the last ten years. Since Heynckes finished his third period in Bavaria have passed through the southeast of Germany Guardiola, Ancelotti, Sagnol, again Heynckes, Niko Kovac, Hansi Flick y NagelsmannPep being the only one who managed to stay at least three years on a bench that has become hot in the last decade.
