Bayern board ‘will decide the futures of Thomas Tuchel, CEO and sporting director in May 22 meeting’
Bayern Munich’s board ‘will decide the future of Thomas Tuchel, CEO Kahn and sporting director Salihamidzic at the May 22 meeting’ – just five days before the final game of the season – amid poor form and turmoil in the Dressing room
- Bayern Munich’s supervisory board will meet on May 22 to discuss the future
- The CEO, sporting director and first-team boss are all under fire for their recent form
- Thomas Tuchel has won just two of their seven games since taking charge
The Bayern Munich board is reportedly set to meet on May 22 to decide on the future of CEO Oliver Kahn, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic and new coach Thomas Tuchel.
The German giants have been in freefall since they sacked Julian Nagelsmann as manager in March and replaced him with the former Chelsea boss.
Bayern Munich has been eliminated from the Champions League by Manchester City and the German Cup by Freiburg.
They also lost the top spot in the Bundesliga after a 3-1 defeat to Mainz on Saturday coupled with Borussia Dortmund’s 4-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
Now the club’s supervisory board will meet on May 22, five days before Bayern’s final game of the league season away to Cologne, to discuss the future of their CEO, sporting director and first-team manager. as reported by Bild.
The futures of three senior Bayern Munich figures, including CEO Oliver Kahn, will be discussed
Thomas Tuchel has seen Bayern drop out of two cup competitions and drop to second place in the Bundesliga
Kahn, 53, has been CEO of Bayern Munich since July 2021 and his contract runs until the end of 2024, although senior management may decide that his time as supervisor at the Allianz Arena should end earlier.
However, the former German goalkeeper has no intention of voluntarily leaving his post, so he should be forcibly sent off by the Bayern board in just under a month.
After Saturday’s game, Kahn responded to a question about a possible sacking by saying: “My only goal is to finish the season with the league title – and then really attack again in the new season.”
Bosnian Salihamidzic, 46, has been sporting director at the German club since 2017.
Tuchel, 49, has scored just two wins in his first seven games since taking charge, although the first of these was three critical points against Borussia Dortmund.
President Herbert Hainer, Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic saw their loss in Mainz
The role of Bosnian Salihamidzic is also at risk, as he has been sporting director at Bayern since 2017.
From that early peak, things have fallen apart. Kahn, Salihamidzic and chairman Herbert Hainer entered the Bayern dressing room on Saturday after their defeat against Mainz.
It came a week after Chelsea owner Todd Boehly entered the dressing room at Stamford Bridge to confront players and staff following a defeat to Brighton – a decision that raised questions about whether senior management staff should ever be in the dressing rooms after matches.
In a curious twist, Nagelsmann was shortlisted to become the new manager of the Premier League Blues but reportedly rejected the idea of being involved in a multi-candidate recruitment process.
Bayern Munich’s next game is a home game against Hertha BSC on Sunday. They have just five games left to try to regain top spot in the Bundesliga, but are one point behind Borussia Dortmund.