On Saturday, FC Bayern welcomes Borussia from Mönchengladbach to the Munich Allianz Arena. This also marks the reunion of two acquaintances: once united at BVB, Julian Weigl and Thomas Tuchel are now meeting again as opponents. The midfielder only has words of praise for his former coach.
He has “a lot to thank” Thomas Tuchel, said Weigl in the “AZ” interview about his former sponsor, who once gave him his trust in the BVB jersey and made him a better player there.
“He was fundamentally important for my move to Dortmund and also for this rapid rise there. He immediately put his trust in me. I will always be grateful to him for that,” said the Gladbacher, praising his former coach, with whom he said he worked in the He has spoken on the phone “again and again” in the past – including when Tuchel was coach in Paris and wanted to convince Weigl of a transfer.
Weigl not surprised by criticism of Tuchel
Currently, Weigl explained, there is radio silence between the two. Not because they don’t like each other, but because it just happened that way. “We’ll see each other at the games and I’m happy about that too, but he doesn’t have much time in the huge FC Bayern cosmos. I was definitely happy to see him again at our home game after a very long time,” said Weigl with reference to the duel in the first half of the season, which Bayern narrowly won 2-1.
The fact that Tuchel is often loudly criticized as coach of FC Bayern is not surprising for Weigl, because: “As coach of FC Bayern, you obviously have to meet the highest demands. Just winning the championship doesn’t feel like a good year.”
Because the Munich team are “only” in the role of pursuer this year, the trainer inevitably has to face this criticism. “Nevertheless, I am very convinced of his professional quality,” praised Weigl.