Bayern Munich chief takes brutal dig at ‘catastrophic’ new England boss Thomas Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel spent 18 months astatine Bayern Munich but near nether a unreality aft falling retired with the club's hierarchy, who proceed to nonstop cookware shots astatine the caller England boss

Thomas Tuchel whitethorn person impressed the Football Association capable to onshore the England job, but helium is inactive despised by immoderate astatine his erstwhile nine Bayern Munich.

Tuchel has go the 3rd overseas manager of the Three Lions aft wowing FA main enforcement Mark Bullingham and method manager John McDermott. He volition absorption connected trying to triumph the 2026 World Cup with England erstwhile helium takes implicit the reins connected January 1.

The 51-year-old is truthful improbable to beryllium excessively acrophobic by what is happening astatine Bayern, who cast him aside astatine the extremity of the 2023/24 play aft conscionable 18 months. Tuchel won the Bundesliga successful his archetypal play astatine Bayern, but endured a hard last campaign, missing retired connected the rubric to Bayer Leverkusen portion failing successful the cupful competitions, contempt having a star-studded squad which had won 11 successive titles.

He fell retired with the nine hierarchy, astir notably president Uli Hoeness, who has not been shy successful his disapproval of the erstwhile Chelsea boss. “He doesn’t deliberation that you tin amended [Aleksandar] Pavlovic, that you tin amended [Alphonso] Davies,” Hoeness said earlier this year. “And erstwhile helium thinks that you can’t get immoderate further, helium thinks you should conscionable spell and buy.”

Hoeness, who has been progressive astatine Bayern since 1970 and is renowned for speaking his mind, opened up connected his feelings towards Tuchel astatine a ‘Leadership Summit’ astatine the Allianz Arena, wherever Bayern bosses addressed employees. Hoeness reportedly said Tuchel was a “catastrophe” for the nine and had single-handedly killed the “entertainment value” done his antagonistic benignant of football.

In lavishing praise connected his successor Vincent Kompany, who has Bayern joint-top, Hoeness aimed further digs astatine Tuchel. “Vincent Kompany is – and that cannot beryllium said for definite aft a fewer weeks – a godsend for Bayern Munich,” helium said.

“He’s idiosyncratic who has played shot astatine a precocious level himself. He besides has a large quality successful my sentiment and sees shot arsenic work. He wants to marque the idiosyncratic players better, and that’s what he’s moving on. Sometimes they bid for 2 hours until they’re tired.

“So acold I tin lone accidental bully things. We’ve had six games, 4 of which were distant games, and we are apical of the table. The 3-3 successful Frankfurt has thing to bash with Vincent Kompany’s assertive benignant of play, but alternatively with america playing a one-two connected the halfway enactment successful the 93rd minute.

“The bully happening is that we’re playing well, helium is playing entertaining football. Since he’s been there, I’ve truly enjoyed going to the stadium again. It’s entertainment. We are each shot fans. If you were successful the stadium successful Frankfurt and watched the game, you say: ‘Wow!’ And that’s what matters, that’s what we basal for.”

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