After the official announcement that Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel will leave Munich at the end of the current season, the media focus is now even more on Xabi Alonso. The Bayer Leverkusen coach is already focused on winning the title but now must face numerous media questions since he is the main candidate to replace Tuchel. Not to mention that Liverpool already contacted him back in November when Jurgen Klopp informed the club that he will leave in June. The Spaniard must first focus on his team and title battle and then decide if he will stay for another season, or take over either Bayern Munich or Liverpool, his former clubs. On the other hand, the focus of the media will remain on Xabi Alonso, who is the subject of various reports and advice, direct or indirect.Alonso: I have nothing to say for the future, I am focused on LeverkusenThe latest one came from one former Bayern manager. Julian Nagelsmann was sacked in March 2023, and he recently gave a big interview for Der Spiegel. Even thou he didn’t speak directly about the current situation in Munich, his words about the inner state of Bayern Munich could be interesting for Alonso to read.“I was signed by Bayern with the proviso that I would change things. There are clubs that give you time. Jürgen Klopp was at Liverpool for five years before he became champion there for the first time. Pep Guardiola only won the Champions League title with Manchester City after seven years. The coaches at Bayern Munich don’t get as much time to develop something. What is communicated to the outside world after a separation has little to do with reality. But that’s how it’s always been done in football, and that’s how it will be for the next 30 years” he said.”Relieved” Tuchel: Now everything will be easier, my decisions will be far easier to make…Thomas Tuchel also spoke about it during his press conference ahead of today’s game with Leipzig, where he politely said that he is not ‘the only problem’. Various well-informed journalists also wrote that Tuchel wanted to change the core of the team and even sell some players like Kimmich, but the powerful people from the executive board stopped that. Nagelsmann also talked about the former CEO and sporting director Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidžic and their relationship towards him when he was surprisingly sacked.“We discussed how we want to deal together if a worst-case scenario occurs. But then everything was different. When people stop talking after a defeat, you know that something is wrong. There is a lack of openness in the business” said the current Germany national team coach. Xabi Alonso, you better take notes….BUNDESLIGAFriday22.30: (1.25) Leverkusen (6.00) Mainz (11.0)Saturday17.30: (2.05) Union Berlin (3.50) Heidenheim (4.00)17.30: (1.67) Werder (3.70) Darmstadt (5.50)17.30: (1.35) Stuttgart (5.60) Koln (9.50)17.30: (2.05) M’ gladbach (3.60) Bochum (3.80)20.30: (1.75) Bayern (4.10) RB Leipzig (4.80)Sunday17.30: (2.30) Eintr.Frankfurt (3.50) Wolfsburg (3.30)19.30: (1.53) Dortmund (4.30) Hoffenheim (6.00)21.30: (2.35) Augsburg (3.50) Freiburg (3.15)***odds are subject to change
