Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga championship five rounds ahead of schedule, which not only ended the 120-year history of the pharmaceutical company itself without a top-level championship, but also broke the 11-year monopoly of the giant Bayern on the Bundesliga championship.
To be sure, Bayern's management is still very dissatisfied with the team's performance this season, the German Cup unexpectedly lost to the third division team to stop in the second round, and in the league, it was suppressed by Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen, who watched the latter win the championship early.
After learning the hard way, Bayern executives who have gradually calmed down realised that it was not enough to sack Tuchel early, and that the next thing they should do is to find a coach who can carry Bayern on their way and reclaim the Bundesliga title next season.
According to Maximilian Koch, a reporter for Bayern in the German media "Munich Evening News", Bayern's management has made up its mind this time that they will no longer look for a so-called interim manager, but hope to sign a coach who can coach Bayern for a long time.
It is worth mentioning that Bayern targeted Bayer Leverkusen coach Marcos Alonso before Tuchel announced that he would step down at the end of the season, but the young coach still seems to be a bit disdainful of the Bundesliga king, and he has even greater ambitions, which is to go to Real Madrid to replace Carlo Ancelotti after ending his contract with the pharmaceutical company in 2025.
To the surprise of fans, Bayern still want to go back after pursuing Alonso to no avail, and they hope that former coach Nagelsmann can return to coach at the Allianz Arena.
Truth be told, Nagelsmann's tenure at Bayern last season wasn't too bad, and he even broke in the Champions League, leading the team to a quarter-final win over Paris with Kylian Mbappe, Messi and Neymar. Although Bayern faced strong resistance from Borussia Dortmund in the league, they still had a chance to turn the tables. Unfortunately, the Bayern management, led by Kahn and Salihamidzic, lost patience at the time, and Nagelsmann was announced to be sacked after Bayern lost to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga last March.
Although Nagelsmann, who is now the coach of the German national team, will still show very mixed feelings about Bayern in an interview with the media, it is certain that before the end of Euro 2024, Nagelsmann has only one team in mind, and that is the German national team.
It is worth noting that when Bayern was looking for a manager to no avail, a familiar and unfamiliar name was mentioned in front of Bayern team director Eber, and that was Jose Mourinho. Of course, Eber has clearly done his homework on the Portuguese manager, saying: "Of course, you'll also look at the coaches available at the moment. José (Jose Mourinho) is learning German?
Jose Mourinho left Roma midway through the season and has given everything he has to the Red Wolves over the past two seasons. They won their first European trophy in their first season and led Roma to the Europa League final in their second season.
Unfortunately, Roma president Friedkin clearly wanted more, hoping that Roma could qualify for next season's Champions League, while Mourinho was only unable to do so for the time being, and ended up with Mourinho sacked early and got bogged down after Roma lost to Lazio and AC Milan respectively.
Thankfully, the 61-year-old Mourinho has not been decadent for long, and he quickly picked himself up to participate in various charity activities, especially those related to football.
In an interview with the media, Mourinho also confidently said that he will coach a team this summer, and it is still unknown which team.
Obviously, Mourinho has never rested for so long, and this long period of calm has also made him realize that only by finding a team that he really likes and can coach for a long time can he come back and prove himself again.
What is certain is that some of Mourinho's ideas coincide with those of Bayern, who want to reach a consensus at the competitive level and work together for the long term. Therefore, we have to admit that Mourinho's chance has really come, let's wait and see!