While Thomas Tuchel is in the hot seat at Bayern due to poor results, the management of the Munich club would make Zinédine Zidane its priority, according to Corriere dello Sport on Sunday.
Will Zinédine Zidane resume his coaching career at the head of the most powerful club in Germany? It’s a possibility ! At least, the leaders of Bayern would currently make “Zizou” their priority to replace Thomas Tuchel, as revealed by Corriere dello Sport Sunday. Contact was established with the entourage of the three-time Champions League winning coach with Real Madrid in recent days.
According to the Italian media, the Bundesliga juggernaut was in fact activated even before its round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Lazio on Wednesday (for a 1-0 defeat in Rome), in the wake of the scathing defeat against the leader of the ranking, Leverkusen (3-0). Since then, the German champion (for eleven years) also lost in Bochum (3-2) on Sunday, to be eight points behind the leading team.
Can Zidane refuse?
Tuchel’s retention on the Munich bench therefore hangs by a thread and the former PSG coach could walk out the door at any time. Corriere dello Sport wonders, however, if the Ballon d’Or 98, who waited in vain for the departure of Didier Deschamps from the French team in 2022 (while refusing PSG twice), would accept the position during the season… Zidane does not obviously does not master German, or even English, but the challenge is immense. There are also many French-speaking players at Bayern…
In recent days, the German press has rather mentioned the names of Hansi Flick, the Bayern coach during the Champions League coronation in 2020, José Mourinho, removed from the AS Roma bench, and Antonio Conte. Bavarian supporters dream of seeing Jürgen Klopp take charge of their team, but the Liverpool strategist should take a little vacation after his departure from the Reds this summer.
