Departing at the end of the season, Thomas Tuchel spends part of a match on a suitcase

Thomas Tuchel is already ready to leave. Departing at the end of the season, the Bayern Munich coach spent part of the match against Leipzig on a suitcase on Saturday.

After a negative series and a German championship title which was considerably further away for Bayern, the leaders of the Bavarian club and Thomas Tuchel decided to shorten by “mutual agreement” the contract of the Munich technician by one year , with an expected end of June 30, 2024.

Things “already all packed”

For the match against RB Leipzig at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Thomas Tuchel often sat on a metal suitcase, ostensibly placed in his coaching zone. A suitcase for departure? “Yes, it was thought like that. I specially brought it from home. It’s an aluminum suitcase, there are my things inside, they are all already packed,” said Thomas Tuchel with a bit of irony at a press conference. Shortly before, the match ended with a 2-1 home victory for Bayern.

Bayern are eight points behind Bayer Leverkusen (53 against 61) eleven days from the end of the season. In the Champions League, he lost 1-0 in Rome against Lazio and will have to reverse the trend at home on March 5 to hope to see the quarter-finals.