Welcomed with fanfare by Chelsea but then sacked just over a year later, Thomas Tuchel, who is returning to Germany as Bayern Munich's new coach, is one of Europe's most sought-after bosses but is not without controversy.
The 49-year-old former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach has a reputation as a brilliant tactician who is not afraid to overhaul his side constantly.
The announcement Friday that he is taking over the reins at Bayern, Germany's most successful club, from Julian Nagelsmann is yet another testimony of Tuchel's employability.AFP | OSCAR DEL POZO He led Chelsea to Champions League glory, won two French titles with PSG and lifted the German Cup with Dortmund."I wasn't easy to deal with as a player," he admitted in a 2009 interview.A knee injury cut short Tuchel's playing career as a defender at third-division Ulm in 1998 and he turned his hand to coaching.
At Qatar-owned PSG, the central issue for Tuchel was his relationship with sporting director Leonardo, with whom he did not see eye to eye and who was eager to bring in his own man.
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