Bundesliga: Bayern Munich sack Julian Nagelsmann as head coach, appoint Thomas Tuchel as substitute
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Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have determined to half firm with head coach Julian Nagelsman, and substitute him with former Chelsea, PSG and Borussia Dortmund supervisor Thomas Tuchel.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 24, 2023 23:47 IST
Bayern sack Julian Nagelsmann as head coach (Reuters)
By India Today Web Desk: Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have determined to half firm with head coach Julian Nagelsman, and substitute him with former Chelsea, PSG and Borussia Dortmund supervisor Thomas Tuchel.
Tuchel joins the Bavarian membership on a contract till thirtieth June 2025 and can take over the position of head coach from Monday. The transfer comes forward of Bayern Munich’s essential Bundesliga match towards Tuchel’s previous membership Borussia Dortmund, who’re at present main the league desk.
Tuchel will even lock horns with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City within the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, a facet he beat within the 2020/21 remaining with Chelsea.
Speaking after Nagelsman’s sacking, Bayern CEO and legendary goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, stated they signed the German coach with a view of a long-term mission however the current outcomes haven’t lived as much as the expectations of the board.
“When we signed Julian Nagelsmann for FC Bayern in the summer of 2021, we were convinced we would work with him on a long-term basis, and that was the goal of all of us right up to the end. But now we have come to the conclusion that the quality in our squad, despite the Bundesliga title last year, has come to the fore less and less often,” stated Kahn.
He went on to say that Bayern has performed much less efficiently and fewer attractively because the World Cup, which prompted the board to make this choice.
“After the World Cup we have played less successfully and less attractively. The big fluctuations in performance have cast doubt on our goals for this season, but also our goals for the future. That is why we have acted now,” Kahn added.
The 35-year-old joined Bayern Munich in the summertime of 2021 and gained the Bundesliga title in his first season in addition to the German Supercup in 2021 and 2022. He can be changed by Tuchel, who guided Chelsea to the UEFA Champions League title in 2021, and adopted it up with the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup. Tuchel was additionally voted World Coach of the Year in 2021.
Edited By:
Rounaq Sehrawat
Published On:
Mar 24, 2023