What next for increasingly toxic Thomas Tuchel?

The writing had been on the wall and on Wednesday morning came the official confirmation: Thomas Tuchel has been sacked as Bayern Munich manager.

The weekend's surprising and disappointing 3-2 defeat at Bochum proved the final straw for the German giants as they stare at the unthinkable possibility of a rare trophyless season.

Bayern have lost their last three games in all competitions, including a 3-0 defeat at league leaders Bayer Leverkusen and have now dropped eight points behind them in the Bundesliga.

They were also beaten 1-0 by Lazio in last week's Champions League last-16 first leg.

However, despite the downturn in results the 50-year-old will not leave until the end of the season - as he looks to overturn their domestic and European slide.

So, where has it gone wrong and what next? Mail Sport looks at Tuchel's options going forward.

Tuchel comes across as a charismatic figure, but behind the scenes all has not been well in Bavaria.

The German had taken over 11 months ago from Julian Nagelsmann but despite leading them to the Bundesliga title last season on the final matchday, they have not shown the form this season that saw them dominate German football for the past decade.

As mentioned in the intro, serial winners Bayern are anything but that this campaign.

If they measure their success against Bundesliga dominance and European success then losing to third-division outfit Saarbrucken in the German Cup earlier this season only heightened the pressure on the now-axed Tuchel.

The results on the pitch coincide with the reported disharmony among his squad off it - with several players apparently unhappy with their manager.

As detailed on Wednesday by BILD, the six-time European champions have a split in their camp - with