What Is The Deal With Tuchel And Dortmund?

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Throughout the last few months, Thomas Tuchel has been in the spotlight at Dortmund. Tuchel has been an outspoken manager at Dortmund and isn’t afraid to push back on criticism.

Tuchel is also the manager who said that UEFA treated Dortmund like “beer cans” after the bus attacks (which is right to an extent.)

But, regardless of his interactions with other groups, Tuchel has been on edge with the Dortmund hierarchy.

In addition to that, Tuchel has also had other falling outs this season.

Throughout the course of the last half of the season, the players have seemed to also be on edge with Tuchel.

Bleacher Report UK’s Lars Pollmann summarized on Twitter what the main problem was between Tuchel and Dortmund.

If Tuchel’s issue were simply just with the upper brass, then you would expect to see players coming to his defense. However, that isn’t the case.

It seems that the players have lost faith in Tuchel. Players are not standing up and saying they want Tuchel. Vice versa, Tuchel has kept his frustration to himself, thus leading to speculations by the media.

Even when winning the DFB-Pokal, Dortmund didn’t excessively celebrate with their manager. Players prominently were in each other’s arms rather than in the arms of their manager.

If you watched the Championship Play-off earlier this morning, you would have seen this. An exact opposite scenario for former Dortmund coach David Wagner.

Huddersfield Town’s Welsh goalkeeper Danny Ward (centre left) and Huddersfield Town’s German head coach David Wagner (centre right) hold up the Championship Playoff trophy as Huddersfield’s players celebrate winning the penalty shoot-out on the pitch after the English Championship play-off final football match between Huddersfield Town and Reading at Wembley Stadium in London on May 29, 2017.Huddersfield won the penalty shoot-out 4-3 after the game finished 0-0 after extra time. / AFP PHOTO / Glyn KIRK / NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING USE / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo credit should read GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images) /

Wagner’s players praised him for leading them to the top flight of English football. Wagner’s Huddersfield Town earned promotion to the Premier League and, when lifting the trophy, he was a part of the first lift.

That is the kind of relationship Watzke probably wants between his manager and players. Furthermore, he also wants that relationship with his manager and his front office.

To be fair to Tuchel, Dortmund players have not shown dismay against him. There is a certain level of respect and the team does show that during matches.

But, it isn’t a celebration every single match, thus eluding to an underlying issue.

Going forward, the future of Thomas Tuchel doesn’t look bright with Dortmund. However, the hope for Tuchel is that the relationship he has built with younger players saves him.

Sometime this week, we will know if Dortmund will stick with Jurgen Klopp’s successor or move forward.

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