Bayern appoint coach Tuchel
Nagelsmann had to cut short a vacation with his girlfriend in Austria to return to Munich on the afternoon of March 24 local time, go to the Bayern headquarters to receive a decision to quit and pack up his personal belongings for an hour and then leave. Due to his contract until the end of June 2026, the 36-year-old coach will continue to be paid by Bayern until then, or until he finds a new job, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.
Not long after Nagelsmann left the club's headquarters, Bayern announced on their media platforms, realizing rumors of a change of head coach that had appeared since March 23. Coach Tuchel was appointed instead, with a contract valid until the end of June 2025. Tuchel will start working from Monday, March 27, and will make his debut when leading Bayern to his former team Dortmund on April 1.
Bayern's sacking of Nagelsmann was seen as a surprise, even to many club members. The "Gray Lobster" had to pay a record $ 33 million in compensation to break the contract between Nagelsmann with RB Leipzig and bring this young coach to the Allianz Stadium in the summer of 2021. Under Nagelsmann, Bayern extended the Bundesliga championship to 10 years in a row. previous season. This season, they are still bright to win the treble of major titles this season, when they are second, just one point behind Dortmund in the Bundesliga, are preparing to play Freiburg in the quarter-finals of the National Cup and have won all eight matches to reach the quarter-finals. Champions League vs Man City.
However, with many problems accumulated, CEO Oliver Kahn and Sports Director Hassan Salihamidzic decided to part ways with Nagelsmann after seeing Bayern lose 1-2 at Leverkusen on March 19. And the nearly two-week break to make way for the national teams to play is considered an appropriate opportunity for Bayern to make this change before the most important period of the season.
"After the 2022 World Cup, we are playing both ineffectively and unattractively. Unstable form puts the club at risk of not achieving its goals for the season, and therefore, we must act." , Kahn said on the club's homepage.
According to this CEO, Bayern invited Nagelsmann to return from the summer of 2021 with a long-term vision, because the German coach shares with the club the desire to play beautiful and successful football. "But after more than a year of looking back, we see that the quality of the team has deteriorated, despite winning the Bundesliga last season," added Kahn.
Tuchel is free after leaving Chelsea in September 2022, and is considered one of the most talented coaches in the world today. The 49-year-old leader has proven his ability through German clubs like Mainz, Dortmund, before bringing PSG to the Champions League final for the first time in history, where they lost to Bayern in 2020.
Tuchel also took office at Chelsea between the 2021-2022 season, replacing his predecessor Frank Lampard, and immediately helped the London club make a change, winning the Champions League at the end of the season. After that, he also won the European Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup with Chelsea. In the round of 100 matches leading Chelsea, Tuchel and the team won 60, drew 24 and lost only 16. With 60%, the German leader achieved the fourth highest win rate among coaches who worked at least 100 matches for the club, only after José Mourinho (67.03%), Antonio Conte (65.09%) and Carlo Ancelotti (61.09%).
Starting work from the beginning of next week, Tuchel is expected to help Bayern make similar progress. In front of him is a series of matches that are vital to the club's goals this season, including the first match against Dortmund on April 1 in the Bundesliga, against Freiburg in the quarter-finals of the National Cup on April 4 and the two quarter-finals of the Champions League. League against Man City on April 11 and 19.
