Tuchel ready for tough start with Bayern Munich after surprise move
MUNICH (AP) — New Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel acknowledged Saturday he faces a difficult begin to his new job after his shock hiring Friday to switch Julian Nagelsmann.
Tuchel goes straight into essential video games, beginning with German title rival — and Tuchel’s former membership — Borussia Dortmund on April 1.
“The challenge can’t be any greater,” Tuchel stated.
Ten days later, Bayern performs Manchester City within the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
There might be little time to relaxation or observe new ways, with many Bayern gamers at present away with their nationwide groups after which seven video games within the first 22 days of April.
“I used to be comparatively naive within the first dialog (with Bayern). In the primary 30 seconds I didn’t know what we had been discussing or what it was about,” Tuchel stated.
Once it turned clear Bayern wished him to take cost instantly, “it occurred to me that it actually begins right away with Dortmund with an international break beforehand.”
Bayern towards Dortmund is “the” recreation in German soccer, he added.
Tuchel stated the transfer got here as a shock and that as just lately as Tuesday he had no contact with Bayern. He imagined his subsequent job could be exterior of Germany, he added, however that he had been following Bayern’s season with curiosity.
Tuchel hasn’t labored in Germany since 2017. When he left, the one main trophy he’d gained was the German Cup with Dortmund. He returns having gained two French titles at Paris Saint-Germain and the Champions League and Club World Cup with Chelsea.
Bayern can nonetheless win three titles this season — the Bundesliga, the German Cup and the Champions League.
Consistency is a priority after Bayern chief government Oliver Kahn highlighted that as a motive for eliminating Nagelsmann.
Bayern is prone to be in search of Tuchel to get the very best out of gamers like Leroy Sané and Serge Gnabry, whose kind has dropped off this season, and Sadio Mané, who has not often been at his greatest in an injury-disrupted season since becoming a member of from Liverpool.
Sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić stated the membership backed Nagelsmann as issues grew over the staff’s efficiency however selected a change at a gathering Monday, a day after a loss to Bayer Leverkusen price Bayern the Bundesliga lead.
“When you see that this curve of efficiency goes down, you’re pressured to react,” he stated, requested if Bayern had reacted to the chance Tuchel would possibly take a job elsewhere. “Fortunately, there was a prime choice available on the market and it occurred shortly.”
