Bayern Munich have confirmed that its manager, Thomas Tuchel, will leave at the end of the season.
This was made known in a statement by the club’s CEO, Jan-Christian Dreesen, on Bayern’s website on Wednesday.
This came amid the club’s disastrous run of form in the past few days.
Bayern lost 3-0 to league leaders Bayern Leverkusen, lost 1-0 to Lazio in the Champions League and also lost 3-2 to VFL Bochum on Sunday.
Dreesen, said, “In an open, good conversation, we came to the decision to mutually end our collaboration in the summer.”
Champions League-winning former Chelsea boss Tuchel only took charge at Bayern 11 months ago and was contracted until the end of next season.
But the German has agreed to leave at the end of the current campaign, in which the club look set to fail to win the domestic title for the first time in 12 years.
“FC Bayern Munich and head coach Thomas Tuchel have jointly decided to end their working relationship, which was originally set to run until 30 June 2025, on 30 June 2024,” the club said.
“This is the outcome of a constructive discussion between CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen and Thomas Tuchel.”
Tuchel will now depart Bayern in the summer.
Tuchel follows Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez in confirming their impending departures months in advance.
