Dissatisfaction at FC Bayern
The first version of the article appeared on February 23rd and was supplemented on the 24th with further statements about Tuchel’s future, update paragraph at the end of the article
Thomas Tuchel sees the decision to separate at the end of the season as an opportunity for FC Bayern and for himself. “There is clarity, and clarity brings freedom. Freedom is always good, both for playing and for training,” said the 50-year-old on Friday in Munich. When making decisions, there is no need to consider what “long-term effects” they might have. “I don’t think I’m the only problem, but of course I’m responsible,” he said, without going into details.
Bayern coach since the start of the championship series: How they went or had to go
Jupp Heynckes – July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013
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Expenses for new recruits during their term of office: €122.4 million for 13 players
After Louis van Gaal’s term came to an early end with a lot of background noise, former coach Heynckes took over again. After three second places in the last titleless season of 2011/12, he can try to return to the top – and celebrates the triple in the summer of 2013. But his farewell is already certain because Munich has signed Pep Guardiola. Heynckes makes it clear that he is not comfortable with all the details of the replacement.
Pep Guardiola – July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016
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Expenses for new recruits during their term of office: €175.75 million for 15 players
The Catalan star coach is the last Munich coach to leave, as was agreed upon when the contract was signed. Guardiola even suffered four competitive defeats in a row in 2015. The Munich team is eliminated in the semi-finals of the DFB Cup and the Champions League, but they are already confirmed as champions. The former Barcelona coach decides not to extend the contract during his third season. In his Bayern era, the only thing he was denied was the Champions League final.
Carlo Ancelotti – July 1, 2016 to September 28, 2017
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Expenses for new recruits during their term of office: €173.5 million for 9 players
The current successful Real coach is celebrating the double in his first season. When he had to leave early the following season, his team was only in third place in the Bundesliga table. The 3-0 defeat at PSG in September 2017, when Ancelotti stunned the Bayern bosses with his line-up and angered leading players, ensured the Italian’s ice time. Just 17 hours after the slap in Paris, humiliated FC Bayern threw their coach out the door. First Willy Sagnol helps out for a short time, then triple winner Heynckes takes over again until the masterful end of the season.
Niko Kovac – July 1, 2018 to November 3, 2019
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Expenses for new recruits during their term of office: €145.5 million for 8 players
As Heynckes’ successor, Kovac had to deal with his first serious setback in March 2019 with the clear round of 16 exit in the Champions League against Liverpool FC. There is repeated friction with leading players. There are trends in the team that want to get rid of the coach. Kovac celebrates the double in 2019, it ends in autumn. After a 5-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt after three wins, FC Bayern parted ways with Kovac. At this point, the Munich team is only in fourth place in the table.
Hansi Flick – November 3rd, 2019 to June 30th, 2021
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Expenses for new recruits during their term of office: €66 million for 7 players
As Kovac’s successor, Flick will initially be interim coach, and later he will be given responsibility for the star ensemble for a longer period of time. He records victory after victory. Flick also celebrates the triple and a historic six titles in one year. This gives him a contract extension until June 30, 2023, but the collaboration will be ended early. There are repeated differences of opinion with the then sports director Hasan Salihamidzic. Flick also really wants to succeed Joachim Löw as national coach. The club and coach agree to terminate the contract.
Julian Nagelsmann – July 1st, 2021 to March 24th, 2023
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Expenses for new recruits during their term of office: €204 million for 12 players
After a 1-2 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen after four competitive wins, FC Bayern slipped to second place in the Bundesliga. The then bosses Oliver Kahn and Salihamidzic see the season’s goals at risk and parted ways with Nagelsmann, who had signed a contract until 2026. The team is still involved in the cup and Champions League at this point. “Julian Nagelsmann shouldn’t have gone on a skiing holiday after the defeat in Leverkusen. If he had stayed in Munich, we would have sat down and talked on Monday or Tuesday. And, who knows what would have happened then?” Honorary President Uli Hoeneß raises a separation theory a little later.
Thomas Tuchel – March 24, 2023 to June 30, 2024
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Expenses for new recruits during their term of office: €184 million for 8 players
When the chance of winning the championship became a long way off, FC Bayern announced on February 21st that they were parting ways with Tuchel, who would still finish the season in Munich. The record champion’s championship streak could then be history after eleven titles in a row.
“I love the job and I will of course do the job with the same energy as before,” assured Tuchel before the Bundesliga home game on Saturday (6:30 p.m.) against RB Leipzig. “We spoke on Tuesday and informed the team on Wednesday. We are unhappy with the way we play. It’s not a clear picture. If there was a clear picture and a clear culprit, in this case the coach, then someone else would be at the press conference.”
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The Munich team, who are eight points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen before matchday 23, announced their “amicable” separation this week a year before the end of their contract this summer. FC Bayern wants to undertake “a sporting realignment with a new coach”. “I’m not sure if there was an option for me to decide,” said Tuchel.
Tuchel on the situation at FC Bayern: “All that matters is the here and now”
The Tuchel separation in the summer should already have a positive effect: a knot should be loosened between the team and coach, which triggers a sporting change. The focus is particularly on the second leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League on March 5th against Lazio Rome, which is extremely important from a sporting and financial perspective. You play for maximum success, said Tuchel. A maximum of 18 games left, but for that the Munich team would have to reach the final of the Champions League with Tuchel. An undertaking that currently seems difficult to imagine.
Whether you can understand the decision, think it’s good or bad, doesn’t matter. “All that matters is the here and now. “These are new circumstances,” said Tuchel. “I never had the feeling that we couldn’t reach the team.” The coach (quoted via “tz“) openly admitted: “I’m disappointed in myself. I’m not personally disappointed with players. We have high expectations of the players and try to get the most out of them.”
Tuchel’s future after FC Bayern is likely to lie abroad: “Idea in a drawer”
Update February 24th, 10:05 a.m.: Tuchel only wants to make a decision about his next coaching job after his time at FC Bayern expires at the beginning of June at the latest. The 50-year-old said he had an idea of what his future could look like. “But the idea has to stay in the drawer until the last game is played. Otherwise it won’t work, otherwise I won’t work,” said Tuchel: “I have very high professional standards for myself. And that’s only possible with 100 percent for the task I’m in now. And that’s Bayern Munich until the end of the season.”
There are currently some interesting top clubs in Europe where, like in Munich, the coaching position needs to be filled for the coming season. Jürgen Klopp (56) is quitting Liverpool FC after nine years. Club legend Xavi (44) has announced that he wants to give up his position at FC Barcelona on June 30th. Tuchel has worked successfully abroad in the past. With Paris Saint-Germain he became champions in France twice and with Chelsea FC he won the Champions League in 2021. However, the former Bundesliga coach of Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund has not yet worked in Spain.
FC Bayern just behind Al-Ahli: Highest transfer spending in 2023/24
AC Milan | Arrivals: 11 | Expenses: €119.4 million
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Transfer income: €70.5 million
Al-Ittihad | Arrivals: 17 | Expenses: €121.4 million
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Transfer income: €750,000
SSC Napoli | Arrivals: 11 | Expenses: €125 million
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Transfer income: €101.5 million
Bournemouth | Arrivals: 10 | Transfer expenses: €127.3 million
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Transfer income: €1.5 million
Real Madrid | Arrivals: 5 | Expenses: €129.5 million
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Transfer income: €7 million
Nottingham | Arrivals: 17 | Expenses: €131.1 million
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Transfer income: €81.6 million
West Ham | Accessions: 6 | Expenses: €137.6 million
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Transfer income: €172.6 million
Newcastle | Arrivals: 5 | Expenses: €153.2 million
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Transfer income: €44.6 million
Al-Nassr | Arrivals: 8 | Expenses: €165.1 million
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Transfer income: €1.5 million
Liverpool | Accesses: 4 | Expenses: €172 million
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Transfer income: €60.7 million
RB Leipzig | Arrivals: 11 | Expenses: €176.5 million
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Transfer income: €243.7 million
FC Bayern | Arrivals: 8 | Expenses: €184 million
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Transfer income: €173.3 million
Al-Ahli | Arrivals: 18 | Expenses: €184.1 million
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Transfer income: €1.7 million
Manchester United | Arrivals: 7 | Expenses: €202.3 million
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Transfer income: €55.3 million
Arsenal | Accesses: 4 | Transfer expenses: €234.9 million
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Transfer income: €67.9 million
Manchester City | Arrivals: 5 | Expenses: €255.6 million
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Transfer income: €118.8m + €45.3m from Man City U21
Tottenham | Arrivals: 11 | Expenses: €272.1 million
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Transfer income: €117.2 million
Al Hilal | Arrivals: 11 | Expenses: €376.1 million
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Transfer income: €1.4 million
PSG | Arrivals: 15 | Expenses: €389.5 million
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Transfer income: €207.5 million
Chelsea | Arrivals: 12 | Expenses: €467.8 million
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Transfer income: €269.4 million
“Abroad will definitely appeal to me again, in general,” Tuchel said recently while visiting a Bayern fan club. A more theoretical option for him and the DFB could also be the national coaching position. The contract of ex-Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann (36) expires after the home European Championships this summer.
“Nothing will happen until the end of the season,” Tuchel announced on Friday: “I don’t know what will happen from the summer onwards. But I won’t influence it now. This has never worked for me, thinking about other things or planning other things while doing a job. This job only works 100 percent for me.”
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