Bayern Munich is not used to rejection.
But when finding a replacement for last season’s departing head coach Thomas Tuchel, the German giants faced exactly that — including from former Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann, whom the club sacked a year before in order to get Tuchel.
Nagelsmann and Bayern have both moved on — Nagelsmann enjoying a successful EURO 2024 campaign this summer and remaining Germany head coach, Bayern opening the season impressively under Vincent Kompany. But Bayern board member for sport touched on the effort to bring back their former man in a recent interview — including a hint at what might have been the obstacle for Nagelsmann and other candidates this time around.
“Julian Nagelsmann remains a great coach for me. We had the feeling that he was not yet done at Bayern,” Eberl remarked in comments captured by @iMiaSanMia. “In the past, everyone came when Bayern called. The market has changed. The coaches have also noticed that there have been a lot of coaching changes at Bayern in recent years. We have to work to get that appeal back. We will give Vincent Kompany time to be successful together.”
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