It hasn’t been the best week for Thomas Tuchel and Bayern Munich.
Overwhelmed 3-0 by Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen – a defeat which sees the Bavarians 5 factors off high spot within the Bundesliga – Bayern additionally succumbed to Lazio within the Champions League.
Although the noises popping out of the membership seem to recommend that Tuchel’s place is secure, if Bayern have been to exit the European competitors at this early stage and/or not win the German title, it will be seen as an enormous failure on the supervisor’s half.
Week by week, Alonso is barely including to his fame. Leverkusen stay unbeaten within the German top-flight enjoying a splendidly attacking model of soccer that’s pleasing to observe.
Undoubtedly that’s what has apparently Liverpool, who’re searching for a brand new supervisor to interchange the outgoing Jurgen Klopp.
While the Spaniard has given no signal that he’s transferring anyplace at this level, the Reds could have thought that they’d have a transparent run at him if negotiations started.
Nevertheless, as The Occasions (subscription required) report, Bayern, one other of Alonso’s outdated golf equipment, need to muscle in and attempt to persuade the 42-year-old that his quick future stays in Germany.
If Liverpool have genuinely set their sights on their former participant, plainly they’re going to have to drag out all of the stops to get him.
