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Bar Munich announced back in February that this season would be Thomas Tuchel's last as their manager.

Fast forward three months and Bayern are yet to find a replacement.

Jabbi Alonzo, Julian Nagelsman, Unai Emory and now Ralph Ragnick have opted

to stay at their current jobs rather than join the German club. So why are Bayern struggling

to fill their managerial vacancy? And who could they turn to next? Amaya Oakemolari, welcome

to the Athletic FC podcast.

So with us today, we have the Athletics German football writer Seb Stafford Blu and and also ex-Bundersliga striker Jan Agafjordoft. Well, Seb, back in February, Byrne announced that Thomas Tuchel would leave at the end of this season. We are now in, what, May? Bring us up to date. Manitorial search? I mean, how long have I got? We've had all sorts. We've had Julian Nagelsman declining the opportunity to take the job.

Obviously, Ralph Rionik decided not to and to stay with Austria

to lead them into the European Championship. Uni Emory extended his contract with Aston Villa or had an

extension triggered. It seems now that they've moved on from whatever idea they had around Eric Ten Haag.

And most recently, it seems as if they're looking for a transitional appointment, something

that will kind of allow them to move into a different era. I think it's looking more and

likely that Hansy Flick will come back to the club personally. For bringing everyone up to date what's been happening at Byron, that doesn't even include the Champions League semi-final, they're about to play against Real Madrid, the strange duopoly between their Bundesliga form and what they've been able to do in Europe, storylines around Eric Dyer's performance in Central Defence, Harry Kane's contribution, what does the future hold for Lira Sena, Leon Guretki,

Hossu, Akimik, Serge Knavery, even by Bionic standards.

Quite a lot going on.

Yeah, I mean, the Radnick one was really fascinating because you felt like that looked like

a really good fit for someone like him, obviously doing really great with the Austrian national

team, a manager or a coach that's managed to unite fans and players, you know, looks like people are coming back to watch Austria.

Exactly what by and need surely, uniting the club and the fans and the players.

Yeah, they needed an architect. I think Bayern in between areas, that's very clear. They know they need a new team. I think the problem, and Ranick was certainly really attracted to the opportunity at Byron, and the more he spoke to people at the club, the more attracted to it he became. Ultimately, Ralph Ranik is for 65 years old. I think what made the difference was the kind of the rhythms of international football. He's incredibly popular in Austria. He's rejuvenated the national team. They're kind of surfing a wave of something

close to euphoria. But also, if you get to coach a team four or five times a year in short

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