FC Bayern Munich
If Tuchel leaves early: Matthäus for Hermann Gerland
Hermann Gerland was brought into discussion by Lothar Matthäus as interim coach at Bayern. photo
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If FC Bayern were to part ways with Thomas Tuchel before the end of the season after the Champions League round of 16, Lothar Matthäus would have a solution. Christoph Daum is also enthusiastic about it.
Record national player Lothar Matthäus has identified club icon Hermann Gerland as a possible interim coach of FC Bayern in the event of a separation Thomas Tuchel was brought into the game before the end of the season.
Gerland (69) is a “people catcher” and knows “what makes Bayern Munich tick,” said the former Bayern captain on the football talk show “Sky90”: “What does he do? He’s supposed to bring the team together as a unit, because he can play football she.”
Former Bundesliga coach Christoph Daum described it as a “huge suggestion” from Matthäus and also raved about Bayern’s long-time assistant and young coach: “He has all the qualities a Bayern coach needs.”
Tuchel, who will still be in the coaching bench of the German record champions in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Lazio Rome, will probably not be able to stay until the end of the season, said Matthäus. “The risk is great. They don’t understand each other, and if you don’t understand each other, you’re no longer there for each other.”
Matthäus criticized Tuchel’s behavior since the announcement of the early separation at the end of the season. The 62-year-old said that after weak games like last Friday at SC Freiburg (2:2), he would only point the finger at the team: “He belittles the players, but doesn’t try to blame himself for mistakes seek.” Tuchel is making “many ditches” for himself.
Daum generally misses cohesion at Bayern. “There is no unity at all anymore,” said the 70-year-old. “For me it gives the impression of a patchwork family where something has been put together, which sometimes seems more accidental to me.”