Mr Happy or Nagger-in-chief? What must Julian Nagelsmann do to stop the rot at Bayern Munich?

Press conferences with Julian Nagelsmann are usually entertaining. The Bayern Munich coach doesn’t usually mince his words and sometimes he makes the journalists laugh with some of his statements and quips. An approach that is equal parts unconventional and refreshing from a young, opinionated coach.

Recently, the good-mood man presented himself differently, Nagelsmann was noticeably irritated after Bayern’s 1-0 loss at FC Augsburg and took his understandable grumpiness out on the reporters in the WWK Arena. Ad “Nothing good,” he answered succinctly when asked what the recent downturn in form meant. “A lot” has to change but in the end it “doesn’t matter” anyway what he says with a view to the faltering machine.

Champions League'I give up with this question!' — Ancelotti bats away latest Mbappe rumours13/09/2022 AT 15:32 He will “think about how to proceed”. As so often in recent weeks, he criticised his players, Nagelsmann mourned the missed opportunities. Following the 2-2 against Stuttgart a week earlier, Nagelsmann is said to have dubbed his team as a bunch of “headless chickens”, according to Bild.

Bayern stars upset with headless chickens statement The newspaper goes on to say that this criticism, and others, have not gone over well with the players in Munich and the stars in particular are annoyed by the seemingly non-existent self-criticism and the teacher-like nature of their coach. The players obviously give Nagelsmann at least part of the blame for the miserable results in the league. The senior leadership team of Hasan Salihamidzic, Oliver Kahn and Herbert Hainer have all stood behind the 35-year-old.