Bayern Munich’s management dropped a big “bomb” on Thursday evening by unexpectedly deciding to end their partnership with Julian Nagelsmann, whom they intend to replace with Thomas Tuchel, who left Chelsea in early September last year.

The decision of the Bavarians, who are not accustomed to such drastic changes in the middle of the season, is also confirmed by the German media (“Bild”, “Kicker”), who took over the reportage from a tweet uploaded late Thursday evening by Italian reporter Fabrizio Romano.

According to German press reports, Bayern’s management – although the Munich club posted an impressive 8-of-8 in the Champions League this year – were very annoyed by the team’s “poor” performance in the Bundesliga, where it has only 52 points. points in 25 games (lowest harvest in 11 years), now behind Dortmund.

The highlight was Bayern’s dying (and disappointment) loss to Bayer Leverkusen (2-1) when the team’s sporting director (and the inspiration behind the entire football department) Hasan Salihamidzic decided to sack the 35-year-old Nagelsmann (who ago was considered the new “wunderkind” of the manager in Germany after his spell at Leipzig) despite having a contract until 2026, believing he would not be able to meet the requirements.

In fact, since last year, Salihamidzic has been “blaming” Nagelsmann for the “shock” departure of Villarreal to “8” of the Champions League, as well as for losing last year’s German Cup, at the same time he wanted to cause a general “electric shock” in the team due to the large (and decisive) derby with Dortmund on April 1 (after the “window” of the national teams), as well as the big matches that follow with Manchester City in the “8” Champions League.

Nagelsmann, in a statement to the Kicker, stressed that “I have no information about this from the Bayern administration, but as Mezo points out, the decision is already under consideration and will probably be finalized by Saturday (March 25) and Tuchel set with a contract until the summer of 2025, when the 49-year-old technician returns to his homeland after six years in France (Paris) and England (Chelsea).

Source: APE-MPE, Reuters.