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Bayern Munich supporters have petitioned the club to retain Thomas Tuchel as their head coach for next season, saying other candidates “don’t hold a candle” to the 50-year-old. A change.org petition entitled ‘We want Juppel (Tuchel) and not (Ralf) Rangnick!’ has almost 10,000 signatures, having been launched on Tuesday. Austria head coach Rangnick confirmed earlier this week that he was in talks with Bayern over replacing Tuchel. Bayer Leverkusen’s title-winning boss Xabi Alonso had previously been the favourite to take over before he announced last month that he will remain with his current club next season and Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann turned down the chance to return to Bayern and chose to continue with the national team last week. Read more below