Kane joined Bayern on a four-year deal in August 2023 for an initial 100m euros (£86.4m) plus add-ons, leaving Spurs as their all-time top scorer with 280 goals from 435 appearances.
Despite his goals, Kane’s first season in Germany fell flat as Bayern were also knocked out of the German Cup by third division side Saarbrucken, while they lost to eventual winners Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Matthaus, who captained West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup, believes the trophies will come for Kane now Tuchel has departed.
“In the last two years, Bayern Munich was not a family. Bayern Munich was a one-man show, and that one-man show was Thomas Tuchel,” he added.
“He is a good coach, but not for Bayern Munich.”
Matthaus claimed morale in the dressing room was low because former Chelsea boss Tuchel doubted certain players.
“It was not going down well in the dressing room because when you are [Joshua] Kimmich, when you are [Leon] Goretzka, players who wrote history at Bayern Munich, who won titles, now Tuchel is coming and saying he is looking for a number six? Saying I am not good enough?
“The atmosphere was not good because everyone was thinking, ‘I am not good enough for Bayern Munich any more but I won eight titles in the last eight years, I won the Champions League and I play for the Germany national team. What does he want?’
“This was a big problem because he did not give the players confidence. He lost a lot of players who were very important for Bayern Munich.”
