since some sources point out that this season 2 deals (going to bayer leverkusen/schalke) failed because Mainz didn't let him go i think there is some issue with the club leadership now ... he really wants to go move to a bigger club for CL games
I still don't know what to think. On one hand Tuchel said he saw no progress for the team and wanted to give them the chance to get a new impulse by a new trainer (which sounds like he cared), though I don't know if his press manager has found these words - and on the other hand, there is, that from somewhere it was said, that he didn't want to train any team in 2015 and have a free year.
But then again, if one knows, that he had talked to Schalke (who wanted him for July 2014, but Mainz said no, which might have pissed him off?) and to Leverkusen (where they didn't want him) in January (when Mainz was not doing good), it sounds, as if he does indeed want to train a team in 2015 and not have a free year.
Then again, someone might have misinterpreted the fact that Mainz said, they will not cancel his contract and this means, they will not let him coach, but also not do a contract with another team. And they said they will let him have a undpayed holiday for the next season. Other people have mentioned, that this might not be possible and Mainz would have to pay two coaches, because they can't tell him to get no money, if he is still under contract, if he stays at home. Then I think that, if the contract is kept, he can't just say I don't go to work.
Then there are those that say Tuchel is now speculating on not having a team, when Löw fails and 2015 they will search for a new national team coach. While I can't believe that, because I can hardly imagine how they would first think of Tuchel.
I think Tuchel would have been a interesting fit for Schalke, better then Leverkusen. On the other hand, if one sees how Keller did, it is more fair to keep Keller.
I can understand, that Tuchel wants to progress in his career, that is his right, but then it doesn't fit, that he later said, he didn't want to coach any team in 2015.
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Apart from that, there is an interesting side note: 3rd league club Wehen Wiesbaden has got a DFB-Pokal starter place. They are a historic local rival of Mainz, when both were still in the same league many years ago (Frankfurt has taken there place as a local rival in the last years). Only the river devides Mainz from Wiesbaden.
I am looking forward for the Relegation of Greuther Fürth vs Hamburg soon.
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On the tip game by Lidl I talked about: the tip closes on 24th of Mai on 23:59 o'clock. So, I can wait for the Poland friendly to be over and if there will leak some information, to pick the final WC-squad.
Winning chances are very low, though considering the task.
