Former Bayern coach Niko Kovac feels for current Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel. The 50-year-old will leave the German soccer champions after this season. Kovac himself had to leave Bayern in November 2019, just a few months after winning the championship and DFB Cup. He has been coaching VfL Wolfsburg since 2022.
"I can tell you that I know exactly how Thomas feels," Kovac said on Friday at the press conference for Wolfsburg's Bundesliga match at Eintracht Frankfurt (Sunday, 3.30 pm/DAZN). "But I'm not going to comment on that. I have my opinion on it. But I'll keep it to myself."
Kovac instead praised Wolfsburg's sporting director Marcel Schäfer, who is sticking by him despite a disappointing season so far. "Of course the results and the position in the table aren't right. But Marcel, as a former player, perhaps approaches things differently than one or two others," said Kovac. He does not allow himself to be guided by external factors. "Because that's often the problem: that those who are in a position to make decisions are subject to pressure from outside," said Kovac. Schäfer's behavior, on the other hand, showed "strength of character and presence".
