Oliver Kahn, CEO of Bayern Munich, cannot dodge the query. Evidently each time he confronts reporters, he comes up towards a subject: Why did Bayern Munich sack Julian Nagelsmann within the midst of a treble marketing campaign that’s now in tatters?

This was the case once more earlier than the Schalke 04 recreation which might result in Bayern’s first robust efficiency in a while beneath Thomas Tuchel.

“I perceive that this query will likely be requested. Khan replied (as captured earlier than @employee). “Due to the inconsistent outcomes and efficiency, we bought to a degree the place we needed to make a transfer.”

Though Kahn additionally cited accidents and the World Cup fallout among the many inevitable exterior components behind the crew’s current slide, the CEO nonetheless put the blame on the ft of the previous supervisor.

“We believed sooner or later with Julian Nagelsmann. However issues developed another way as we imagined them. It’s important to decide,” Kahn defined. “The outcomes and the shape merely weren’t constant. We misplaced a 10-point lead towards Dortmund. Only for that, the choice was the best one.”

Nevertheless, if Bayern and Dortmund each win, a vital penalty will likely be denied for BVB towards Bochum on April 28 which might be large for the ultimate Bundesliga standings. However it was nonetheless clear that the bosses trusted Tuchel greater than Nagelsmann to maneuver ahead with the mission – regardless of the unlucky circumstances of how the capturing was revealed.

Khan merely mentioned, “The leak he made public was out of our management and we did not prefer it.”

Outcomes and consistency then: that would be the clear goal of Period Tuchel. It might begin with an eleventh consecutive Bundesliga title for the Bavarians.