Tuchel exit is only the start as Bayern Munich need big overhaul

Bayern Munich face a major overhaul in many aspects as the result of a difficult season which culminated in the news that coach Thomas Tuchel will leave in summer.

Incoming board member for sport Max Eberl, whose arrival is expected next week, will have to oversee the search for a new coach and new players.

Former Bayern great Lothar Matthäus also wants ex-players to be represented in the club leadership in a bigger way like they were in the past.

"Tuchel's departure is not the end; on the contrary, it is the beginning of an overdue change," Kicker sports magazine said.

Bayern face a first season without silverware since 2012 as they are out of the German Cup, trail leaders Bayer Leverkusen by eight points in the Bundesliga, and need to overcome a 1-0 deficit against Italy's Lazio to stay alive in the Champions League.

The decision to part ways with Tuchel, who had a contract until 2025, came in the wake of three straight defeats.

But club CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen also said "I also explicitly hold the team accountable" to deliver in the coming weeks.

Underperforming players could be on their way out, regardless of their status, with former Bayern defender Thomas Helmer saying in a Kicker column that the team "urgently needs a shake-up" because "it is too easy to blame the coach alone for the crisis.

"We need [team] leaders, I don't believe in a flat hierarchy," he said.

"I miss the absolute greed and gallantry that Franck Ribéry or Arjen Robben exuded," Helmer added. "Anyone who wears the FC Bayern shirt has to have the right mentality as well as sporting quality."

Matthäus also wants more Bayern DNA at the top of the club, like in the past with the late Franz Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeneß and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. He said Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and in the future Thomas Müller could be candidates.

"These players should be integrated into the club, there are certainly positions for them. These are people who have experienced the DNA of FC Bayern on the pitch and not just as fans in the stands or in front of the TV," Matthäus said on Sky TV.

Former Bayern player Dietmar Hamann added in general terms in his Sky column: "The lack of leadership in recent months has contributed to the current situation. Bayern also need to think about this."

Hamann also suggested that Sebastian Hoeneß, the nephew of Uli Hoeneß and son of former Bayern striker Dieter Hoeneß, could be a good candidate as coach as he is doing a great job at third-placed VfB Stuttgart.

Jürgen Klopp swiftly ruled himself out because he plans a break after his Liverpool departure, the likes of Leverkusen coach and ex-Bayern player Xabi Aloso and former Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane have also been mentioned, but Hamann said someone like Hoeneß could do the club good.

""I would almost tend to say: Let Sebastian Hoeneß do it," he said.

"The human element has been lost in recent months or perhaps even years. The club needs to humanise again, as they say in Bavaria, at all levels. Hoeneß could contribute to this."