Thomas Tuchel will leave as Bayern Munich coach after this season, Florian Plettenberg reports. According to the journalist from Sky Deutschland the coach and the German top club came to this decision after good and honest discussions.

Tuchel had been under pressure at Bayern for some time. The fifty-year-old trainer who succeeded Julian Nagelsmann is leaving after one season. The Bundesliga seems to have a champion other than Bayern for the first time since 2012. Der Rekordmeister After the loss against Bochum, they are eight points behind Bayer Leverkusen. Xabi Alonso's team has never been German champion in history, but it has excellent credentials.

Tuchel was appointed by Bayern in March 2023 after the somewhat surprising dismissal of Nagelsmann, who was at the top of the Bundesliga with his team at the time. Tuchel then guided Bayern to a new German title, but things immediately went wrong in the DFB Pokal, while they also suffered a setback in the Champions League.

Bayern lost 1-0 to Lazio in the Champions League play-offs this week and face quite a job in the return. In November, Bayern was surprisingly eliminated from the DFB Pokal against FC Saarbrücken from the 3. Liga.

On Sunday, Bayern started well when they visited Bochum with a goal from Jamal Musiala, but then things went wrong. Dayot Upamecano received a red card, just like midweek in Rome. It eventually became 3-1 for Bochum.

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