New Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel acknowledged Saturday he faces a difficult begin to his new job after his shock hiring Friday to exchange Julian Nagelsmann.
Tuchel goes straight into essential video games, beginning with German title rivals — and Tuchel’s former membership — Borussia Dortmund on April 1 (stream stay on ESPN+ at 12:30 p.m. ET).
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“The problem cannot be any larger,” Tuchel stated.
Ten days later, Bayern play Manchester Metropolis within the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
There shall be little time to relaxation or follow new techniques, with many Bayern gamers presently 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]. Within the first 30 seconds I did not know what we had been discussing or what it was about,” Tuchel stated.
As soon as it turned clear Bayern needed him to take cost instantly, “it occurred to me that it truly begins straight away with Dortmund with a global break beforehand.”
Bayern in opposition to Dortmund is “the” sport in German soccer, he added.
Tuchel stated the transfer got here as a shock and that as lately as Tuesday he had no contact with Bayern. He imagined his subsequent job could be outdoors 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 Membership 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 govt Oliver Kahn highlighted that as a purpose for eliminating Nagelsmann.
Bayern are prone to be on the lookout for Tuchel to get one of the best out of gamers like Leroy Sane and Serge Gnabry, whose type has dropped off this season, and Sadio Mane, who has hardly ever been at his greatest in an injury-disrupted season since becoming a member of from Liverpool.
Sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic stated the membership backed Nagelsmann as issues grew over the group’s efficiency however selected a change at a gathering Monday, a day after a loss to Bayer Leverkusen value Bayern the Bundesliga lead.
“If you see that this curve of efficiency goes down, you are pressured to react,” he stated, when requested if Bayern had reacted to the likelihood Tuchel may take a job elsewhere. “Fortuitously, there was a high possibility available on the market and it occurred shortly.”