Ultimately there will be no 180° turn. Thomas Tuchel announced yesterday at a press conference his departure from Bayern Munich at the end of this 34th and final day of the Bundesliga at Hoffenheim this Saturday. “This is the last press conference in Säbener Straße (Bayern’s training center, editor’s note). The February agreement remains. There were other discussions, but we did not reach an agreement.” Tuchel wanted to be extended by one year compared to his current contract, moving it from 2025 to 2026, which management did not accept.
The two parties will therefore part ways. The Bavarian management suffered a new refusal after those of Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, Ralf Rangnick, Oliver Glasner, Julen Lopetegui and even Unai Emery who preferred to extend the adventure at Aston Villa. The mission of Max Eberl, sports director since March 1, 2024, is becoming ever more complicated. The Hansi Flick track also did not suit everyone internally, although he regularly keeps up to date with events within the rekordmeister.
Eberl makes De Zerbi his priority
The German press even indicates that Eberl would not have sufficient latitude to choose the future coach of the first team. This shows the existing distances between the “new” leaders and the old elephants, Uli Honess at the head. Nevertheless, Sports Bild understands that a name is emerging to take over from Tuchel. This is Roberto De Zerbi. The Italian is particularly favored by Max Eberl. He was even the main subject of last Monday’s meeting of the powerful supervisory board. It now remains to convince the person concerned, not an easy task.
“If you ask me if a club can change my mind, noalerts the Italian in an interview with The Athletic published this Friday. When I say that no club can change my mind, I have always been honest. He still opened the door if Brighton ever gave him the opportunity to negotiate. “We first need to analyze the situation with Tony (Bloom, club owner), Paul (Barber, general manager) and David Weir (technical director). If I stay, I want to achieve the highest goal we can achieve each season. De Zerbi’s contract runs until 2026 with a release clause of €12 million. Bayern knows what to expect.
