Martín Demichelis plays in Germany to lead Bayern Munich: what are his real chances and what will happen with River

The news is a not news and the moment we are going through includes this: overwhelmed by social networks and the vertigo with which they are managed. It happened that a German media, Sport1, wondered why Martín Demichelis was not considered to replace Thomas Tuchel.the coach of Bayern Monaco which will not continue after July. This kind of opinion – the note is unsigned – was turned into a sentence in X (formerly Twitter): Demichelis candidate to lead the German giant.

The tweets multiplied and the topic became trending. Most of the mentions were funny, memes. But little has been asked about the veracity of the news, which certainly has an impact.

There is a logic in the fact that Demichelis is a possible candidate to lead Bayern Munich: Micho He played more than 250 matches for the club between 2003 and 2010. Much more: he coached the Under 19 and Reserve teams of the Bavarian team between 2019 and 2022. But the possibility of emigrating to Germany also raises doubts: the coach has not yet been able to demonstrate his full potential at River. Are you ready to conquer one of the European giants?

Bayern Monaco The biggest transformation in recent years is taking place these days. With 11 days to go, the team led by Tuchel is stocking up Bayer Leverkusen, which has an advantage of 8 points. The possibility of losing the local championship would be a huge blow: Monaco have won the last 11 championships.

In September 2023, the Austrian Christoph Freund (46 years old) He took over the role of sporting director, a position vacated by Hasan Salihamidzic. Freund worked for FC Red Bull Salzburg for 17 years. A necessary clarification: There is no obvious relationship between the new Bayern employee and Demichelis.

But as the club’s crisis continues to worsen, starting from Friday 1 March, a new sporting director will join Freund: Max Eberl. This 50-year-old German grew up in Bayern’s youth ranks and made his first-team debut. He completed an acceptable career until 2005, when he began his work in the sports management of Borussia Mönchengladbach. He stayed until 2022 when he emigrated to Leipzig. From there he ended up at Bayern Munich.

“It is a great joy for me to return after 30 years. It is to come home. I feel great excitement to be able to work at this higher level. I am looking forward to meeting many old and new colleagues. I will try to use my skills to achieve the Club’s ambitious goals. We have big tasks ahead of us, including the search for a coach.”Eberl said in his official presentation.

And I add: “Firstly, the focus is on the remaining three months of the season. At the same time, we are aware that we need a new coach. We will have conversations with Christoph Freund, Herbert Hainer and Jan-Christian Dreesen. We have to find the right coach for Bayern and the players who adapt to the club and then also to the coach. These are the tasks that Christoph Freund and I will tackle. “We will have many conversations and I am sure we will find the right pieces of the puzzle for next season.”.

Another important clarification: there is no apparent relationship between Eberl and Demichelis.

From the examination of the various Munich media it appears that, beyond the Sport1 article, there is no mention of the possibility that Demichelis could replace Tuchel. The candidates, those who had a relationship in the past with Eberl and Freund or who already had careers in Europe, are Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen), Roger Schmidt (Benfica), Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool) e Zinedine Zidane. The returns of are also mentioned Julian Nagelsmann and Hansi Flick.

Finally, a question of color. Freund spoke about an Argentinian in an interview on the official website of Bayern Munich: Diego Armando Maradona. “What was your relationship with the club when you were a child?”, the sporting director was asked in November 2023. And he replied: “I was a big fan of FC Tirol: Hansi Müller and Bruno Pezzey were my heroes. Bayern, on the other hand, was a big world for me, very far from Austrian football. When I was eleven I went with my father to the semi-final of the UEFA Cup against Napoli at the Olympic Stadium. I still remember Diego Maradona warming up and juggling the ball to the tune of ‘Live Is Life’. They were experiences that left their mark”.