German newspapers like to call Bayern Munich “FC Hollywood”. On Thursday, news began to spread that the Bundesliga giants have fired their head coach Julian Nagelsmann.
18:37•Updated 19:01
Julian Nagelsmann fired first German newspaper Bild (you will switch to another service). He also said the same Sky Sports (switch to another service) and a well-known supplier of soccer transfers Fabrizio Romano.
Nagelsmann, 35, took command at Bayern in the summer of 2021 on a five-year deal. Last season, Bayern won the Bundesliga for the tenth time in a row, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Villarreal.
Now Bayern is second in the Bundesliga, one point behind Borussia Dortmund. On Sunday, Bayern lost 1–2 Lukas Hradecky for the skipper Leverkusen.
After the international break, Bayern will play a big match for the title fight against Dortmund on April 1st. Bayern will face Manchester City in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Sky Germany Florian Plettenberg tweeted that Bayern’s management was disappointed with the athletic development and player development work.
According to Sky Sports (you will switch to another service) the players and bosses of the Munich team were surprised when Nagelsmann went on a skiing holiday at such a critical point in the season, when the rest of the team continues to work.
Bayern’s sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic stated after Leverkusen’s defeat that many things are exhausting the team.
– So little mentality, dueling, self-confidence – I’ve rarely experienced this.
According to Bild, Nagelsmann was fired as a complete surprise. They also came from the box for Bayern players on national team duty, such as the German captain For Joshua Kimmich.
What’s interesting, Bayern had still not said anything about the sackings on Friday afternoon. The same thing was wondered, for example, by Urheilulehti and Viaplay’s correspondent in Germany Johanna Nordling.
On Friday morning, the chairman Oliver Kahn and Salihamidžić were in a meeting with Bayern’s top management. Nagelsmann left Bayern’s office today at 16:10 local time.
Finally, around 18:45 Finnish time on Friday, Bayern confirmed fired (you move to another service). According to the release, Kahn, Salihamidžić and the chairman decided on the firings Herbert Hainer.
At the same time, Bayern confirmed that the new head coach is German Thomas Tuhcel49, whose contract lasts until the summer of 2025.
Bayern signed Nagelsmann, who is considered to be a top talent, only 33 years old, a couple of years ago and paid Leipzig a record amount for coach transfers, about 25 million euros.
With his contract, Nagelsmann earns an estimated 7.5 million euros per season. The Nagelsmann experiment thus cost Bayern more than 60 million euros.
Updated at 19:01 as Bayern confirm Nagelsmann’s sacking and Tuchel’s contract.