The struggling German champions will go in a “new direction” with a different manager next season, the club says after announcing Tuchel's departure.
German club Bayern Munich will part ways with coach Thomas Tuchel at the end of a disappointing season, the Bundesliga champions said in a statement.
Tuchel's contract, which was signed less than a year ago and runs until 2025, will expire at the end of the current season.
Bayern have lost their last three games in all competitions, including a 3-0 defeat to league leaders Bayer Leverkusen, and are now eight points behind them in the Bundesliga.
Tuchel replaced Julian Nagelsmann in March 2023, but despite leading them to the Bundesliga title last season on the final day, they have not shown the form this season that saw them dominate German football over the last decade.
Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen said that next season he will take “a new direction” with a new coach.
“After a good open discussion, we came to the decision to end our working relationship by mutual agreement in the summer,” Dreesen said Wednesday.
“Our goal is to follow a new football direction with a new coach for the 2024/25 season.”
“Until then, every person at the club is expressly called to achieve the maximum possible in the Champions League and the Bundesliga. I also explicitly hold the team responsible in this regard.”
New direction for the new season: FC Bayern and Thomas Tuchel will end their working relationship in the summer.
— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernES) February 21, 2024
Tuchel, who has previously been in charge of Borussia Dortmund, Paris St Germain and also won a Champions League title with Chelsea in 2021, said his remaining time in Munich would focus on the club's remaining goals. the Bundelsiga and the Champions League.
His first full season at Bayern was marred by a series of injuries to key players and what he claimed was a relatively depleted squad at the start of the campaign despite the arrival of Bundesliga record signing Harry Kane. .
“We have agreed that we will end our working relationship at the end of this season,” Tuchel said. “Until then, of course, I will continue to do everything I can with my coaching staff to achieve maximum success.”
Bayern's next game will be against RB Leipzig, who beat Bayern the last two times in Munich.
The club's last season without a title was 2011-12. Since then, they have won 11 Bundesliga titles, four German Cups and two Champions Leagues to achieve the treble in 2013 and 2020.
They are now eight points behind Leverkusen, they were eliminated in the German Cup by a third division team and they have to overcome the disadvantage.
against Lazio to stay alive in Europe.
Leverkusen are coached by Xabi Alonso, who as a former Bayern player could be a great candidate for them in the summer. But he is also linked with another former club, Liverpool, from whom Jurgen Klopp will leave in the summer.
Klopp, for his part, has been seen as a future Bayern coach but said he wants to take some time off after leaving Anfield.
