Thomas Tuchel has fired back at Uli Hoeness, the honorary president of Bayern Munich, after facing some harsh words.
Hoeness, a regular critic of Tuchel, had said: "He doesn’t think he can improve a Davies, Pavlovic or Musiala. If it doesn’t work, you should buy someone else. I think you should work hard on them and give them confidence." Hoeness added he wants a coach to "improve young players".
Tuchel later replied: "It offends me deeply as a coach. If we have proven something in the coaching team over the last 15 years, it is that young players - especially from the academy - always have a place with us in training and, through performance, always have a place on the pitch."
"And by the way, we have now proven that! I have very little understanding of it. I find it absolutely baseless! This is actually so far away from reality that I wouldn't have reacted to it at all if it hadn't come from Uli. The fact that comes from our boss before Real gives it a different flavour."
Tuchel is set to leave in the summer, and discussions are ongoing with Ralf Rangnick to take over his position. However, over 17,000 fans have signed a petition asking for Tuchel to stay.
