Thomas Tuchel to leave Bayern Munich at end of the season

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Thomas Tuchel is to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season.

After dropping to Bochum final weekend, a 3rd successive defeat in all competitions, the German giants have confirmed a parting of methods with the former Chelsea boss so as to conduct “a sporting realignment”.

Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen confirmed each events agreed to “mutually end our collaboration” after “an open, good conversation”.

A press release added: “Our goal is to carry out a sporting realignment with a new coach for the 2024-25 season.

“Until then, every individual in the club is expressly challenged to achieve the maximum possible in the Champions League and the Bundesliga.

“I also explicitly hold the team responsible. Especially in the Champions League, we are convinced after the defeat at Lazio, we will advance to the quarter-finals with our fans behind us.”

While Tuchel, who previously coached Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund, said: “We will leave after this season. Until then, my coaching team and I will continue to do everything we can to ensure maximum success.”

Last season’s Bundesliga champions slumped to a 3-2 loss at Bochum on Sunday, leaving them eight points behind league leaders Bayer Leverkusen.

Tuchel was forced to admit after the match that the title “does not look very realistic”, one thing that may have been inconceivable at the begin of the season.

Bayern might need misplaced video games to Leverkusen, Lazio and Bochum, however it’s the nature of the outcomes that raised alarm bells.

Dayot Upamecano was despatched off for the second successive match, on the most up-to-date event for 2 yellow-card offences, however in each matches his errors led to penalties – and targets – for Lazio and Bochum.

Bochum’s stadium has a capability of underneath 28,000 and the membership is of a stature far under that of the six-time European champions, however on Sunday 18 February the mid-table facet got here from behind to stun their opponents.

Bayern might need had 70 per cent of the possession, however they had been unable to carve out possibilities and targets, regardless of taking a 14^th-minute lead by way of Jamal Musiala.

Harry Kane discovered the internet for his 25^th of the season, however he has been a lone shiny spark, and will have extra to his identify has it not been for his combined service.

He did nevertheless set a file, turning into the quickest to attain 25 Bundesliga targets in a single season, beating a file set by Erling Haaland throughout his time at Borussia Dortmund, managing the feat in 22 video games whereas the Norwegian’s finest was 25.

Bayern had not misplaced three straight matches for 9 years, and on that event, again in May 2015, the title was already wrapped up and so they had been undone by Lionel Messi in the Champions League semi-final at Camp Nou, not by a facet from the sixth largest metropolis in Germany.

After the defeat at Bochum, midfielder Leon Goretzka summed up the state of affairs at the membership, saying: “It feels like a horror movie that is not ending.

“Everything is going against us at the moment.”