Transfer news: Man City star to PSG? Plus latest on Tuchel future, Newcastle forward linked with Chelsea, and more

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Bayern sticking with Thomas Tuchel for now

It’s been a difficult season at Bayern, and particularly in the last few days as they suffered a third defeat in a row last night, losing 3-2 against Bochum.

Still, at the moment, Bayern’s position is clear: they plan to continue with Thomas Tuchel as manager. Let’s see how the conversations will continue, but this is the tendency at the club following internal talks.

In my opinion there are multiple problems for Bayern this season, not only the manager. For instance, a new midfielder signing was needed in January – Joao Palhinha from Fulham would have been perfect and then they did not sign another player in that position.

Tuchel has spoken publicly to state his belief that he and his coaching staff can turn this around, so let’s see what happens, but for now Bayern will not be making a change and the plan is to stick with Tuchel.

Important days ahead in the Kylian Mbappe saga

We are entering into really important days for the Kylian Mbappe saga. We already know that he has communicated to Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi that he would be leaving, and as I always said, the PSG chief was going to be the first person to know.

Mbappe has also communicated to his teammates before a training session that he would be leaving the club, but he hasn’t mentioned a future club yet. From what I’m hearing, in both the Real Madrid and PSG dressing rooms, the feeling is clear: Mbappe is joining Real Madrid this