Thomas Tuchel has announced he will leave Bayern at the end of the season – but could it be sooner than that?
On the flight back to Munich from Bochum, club officials noticed a change of demeanour in Thomas Tuchel. The 50-year-old was often withdrawn after defeats, keeping himself to himself with his baseball cap pulled down as low as possible. On one occasion, he even wore sunglasses late at night — not so much to block out the light but to ward off any attempts by the bosses to talk to him.
Where Tuchel differed in comparison to his predecessors — such as Nagelsmann, Hansi Flick, Niko Kovac, Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola, who all had limited sway over transfer dealings — was that he wasn’t willing to accept the hand he was being dealt. Throughout the summer and beyond, Tuchel kept talking about the need for a defensive midfielder, openly questioning the credentials of Goretzka, Kimmich and new signing .
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