Tuchel was fired from Chelsea in September despite guiding them to the 2021 Champions League and spoke to Bayern bosses late on Tuesday.
MUNICH - Newly appointed Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel said on Saturday he was stunned at being offered the position.
Tuchel, 49, replaced the sacked Julien Nagelsmann in charge of the six-time Champions League winners. Nagelsmann lost his job at the German champions on Friday with the Bavarians second in the table, but he had guided them to next month's quarterfinals in Europe's top-tier competition. "Believe me or not, I was a bit dumbstruck in the first 30 seconds of our first discussion," Tuchel told reporters."I was completely surprised. The timing was surprising. There was no contact beforehand," the former Paris Saint-Germain boss added.Bayern will meet league leaders Borussia Dortmund, the club that Tuchel led from 2015-2017 before he left for PSG.
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