Inside 12-man dressing room split at Bayern Munich after Tuchel is axed – with Harry Kane’s side revealed
BAYERN MUNICH are in a 12-man dressing room split as Thomas Tuchel’s time at the Bundesliga giants falls apart.
Tuchel has announced he will leave the club at the end of this season after a disastrous run of defeats.
The Bavarian side’s season is crumbling after three straight losses has left them eight points behind Bundesliga frontrunners Bayern Leverkusen and facing a potential exit from the Champions League.
A 3-0 defeat in Leverkusen was followed by a 1-0 loss to Lazio last week, and they then suffered a shock 3-2 defeat away at VFL Bochum on Sunday.
Xabi Alonso is now understood to be Bayern’s top candidate to take over in the summer.
And German outlet BILD has reported the dressing room at the Allianz Arena is divided as six players support the boss while the others are anti-Tuchel.
With fans wondering which side Harry Kane falls on after Tuchel revealed he was unhappy with the performances at Bayern, SunSport takes a look inside the divide…
Anti-Tuchel
According to BILD, the big name that stands out on this list is Bayern Munich icon Thomas Muller.
The 34-year-old has spent his entire career at the German giants and in public has been very supportive of Tuchel.
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But behind closed doors it’s a different story as the vice-captain does not fit Tuchel’s game plan.
This term Muller’s playing time has gone down and has been left out of the squad’s starting XI more.
Another star on the list is Joshua Kimmich whose relationship with Tuchel began to fall apart after the manager wanted to bring in a new No6 in the summer.
The 26-year-old did not start against Leverkusen and was subbed off after 63 minutes against Bochum.
And his team-mates had to hold him back after being involved in a spat with assistant boss Zsolt Low.
Other stars falling into the anti-Tuchel box are Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka, Matthijs De Ligt and Mathys Tel.
Pro-Tuchel
Luckily for the boss, he still has players who back him.
And for them, they probably remember that before the three defeats, Bayern Munich had only lost two Bundesliga games this term and were unbeaten in the Champions League.
Harry Kane is one who stands by the manager after being persuaded to join the German side after Tuchel visited his house last summer.
While his performance against Leverkusen was labelled as a “catastrophe” by BILD he has had a remarkable term overall.
The England captain has scored 29 goals this term and now holds the record of most goals scored by a Bayern player in their debut season.
Meanwhile, alongside Kane is captain Manuel Neuer who stands by Tuchel who stood by him during his time on the sidelines over a leg fracture.
Newbie Eric Dier is grateful to have been given a spot by Tuchel and has already made more appearances for Bayern (five) than he did all season for Spurs (four).
Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala, and Raphael Guerrero complete the list of those in support of the boss.
