“Exonerated by Bayern for Bild journalist girlfriend”- Corriere.it

Why was Julian Nagelsmann kicked out of Bayern Munich? The club second in the league, in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the German Cup, yet he suddenly broke off the working relationship with the coach. And immediately, to replace him, he called the former Chelsea Thomas Tuchel. But what’s behind it? A curious background emerges from Germany. At the origin of the problems between Bayern and the young coach (35 years old) there would have been the latter’s relationship with the Bild journalist Lena Wurzenberger.

The former defender of Bayern and the national team Markus Babbel tried to clarify the matter: I know his engagement to Lena was a huge topic in the locker room. A climate of low trust had arisen: some players were no longer able to say what they thought because they were afraid that everything would end up in the newspaper. Meanwhile, the relationship between Nagelsmann and Wurzenberger, born in July 2022, seems to have come to an end. In recent days you have resigned to the Bildwhich had also moved it from the sports editorial staff to the local news to avoid conflicts of interest.

But the relationship with the locker room, evidently, was now compromised. To affect, tell the German media, too Nagelsmann’s escape to go skiing immediately after the defeat against Bayer Leverkusen, before the international break. And the outburst a few weeks ago, when the coach had complained about a mole in the locker room who was spreading his Bayern’s tactical secrets.