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if he is eliminated from UCL? Munich prepares Klose for successor

There have been local reports that coach Thomas Tuchel (51), who was scheduled to take charge of Bayern Munich until this season, may be fired immediately if the team is eliminated from the UEFA Champions League (UCL). Bayern Munich has even prepared a successor for him.

Bayern Munich has 19 wins, 3 draws, and 6 losses (60 points) in the Bundesliga, and is 16 points behind leader Bayer Leverkusen (76 points) with 6 games remaining, making it virtually difficult to win the championship.

Accordingly, Bayern Munich decided to part ways with coach Tuchel early on in February. He is not leaving the team right away, but the contract period, which was until June 2025, was advanced to June of this year.

However, even after becoming 'time-limited', Tuchel's performance is not good. Bayern Munich has fallen further since parting ways with coach Tuchel, having lost both of their last two games helplessly.

Coach Tuchel, who is ‘the one to go out’, said, “The race is already over. He caused controversy by saying in an interview, “Congratulations on Leverkusen’s win.”

Accordingly, Bayern Munich has changed its original plan and is fiddling with the card of immediately dismissing the coach depending on the UCL results.

Bayern Munich will play the first and second legs of the 2023-24 UCL quarterfinals against Arsenal (England) away and at home at 4 a.m. on the 10th (Korean time) and 4 a.m. on the 18th, respectively. If the league championship is virtually canceled and the UCL is helplessly eliminated, the plan is to immediately dismiss coach Tuchel. German media 'Bavarian Football' said on the 9th, "Depending on the score, we may immediately part ways with coach Tuchel just based on the result of the first leg. If coach Tuchel leaves, Bayern Munich will have coach Miroslav Klose (46) and coach Hairman Gearand." “We plan to bring in someone to fill that position,” he said. Klose, a former striker for the German national team, served as Bayern Munich U17 coach from 2018 to 2020.