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There are basic conventions when it comes to running not just a football club, but any sort of sports team -- heck, any kind of business. Namely, when you choose to fire the guy in charge, you strip him of responsibility and hand the reins to somebody else, even if only on a caretaker basis. Bayern Munich, in announcing that Thomas Tuchel will leave at the end of the 2023-24 season, just drove a fleet of Audis right through them.
The decision to move on from Tuchel isn't surprising. He's steered this team to being eight points behind Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga title race, he's had run-ins with senior players, he wasn't liked by the vast commentariat of former Bayern stars-turned-media talking heads, he lost three games on the bounce -- including the round-of-16 first leg against Lazio in the Champions League -- and his team has generally played turgid football.