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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
John Brewin and Tom Davies

Bayern Munich appoint Tuchel after sacking Nagelsmann – as it happened

Thomas Tuchel is back in the game after Julian Nagelsmann’s sacking.
Thomas Tuchel is back in the game after Julian Nagelsmann’s sacking. Photograph: Action Press/Shutterstock

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No Premier League, an international week but it’s been a huge day of news, with Thomas Tuchel’s appointment as Bayern Munich coach as the biggest of all, one of the biggest of the European season. Thanks for reading today.

Six months after stating how devastated he was to lose the Chelsea job, Tuchel has the biggest job in German football. It’s rarely a long-term appointment though the likes of Jupp Heynckes and Ottmar Hitzfeld had multiple spells. Tuchel has the star quality that it seemed Julian Nagelsmann eventually lacked. For Nagelsmann, perhaps the Premier League beckon, with Tottenham and Chelsea both potential vacancies, There’s always PSG, too.

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