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‘It was a shock. I felt it, strangely, when I drove to the training centre,’ Tuchel said in his pre-match press conference ahead of his Bayern debut on Saturday.
‘The meeting we had felt unusual – and it turned out to be a very short meeting. It was 8am, or something, and it lasted three to five minutes. I was also not in the mood to talk longer.
‘The decision had been made and, honestly, it was a shock for all of us. We had a feeling that we were in the right spot at the right time.
‘We felt that we could achieve big things and we wanted to stay longer – it was as simple as that.’
At Bayern, Tuchel replaces Julian Nagelsmann who was himself shockingly sacked last week despite the club still being in contention for a treble of trophies.
35-year-old Nagelsmann is now the leading contender to replace Antonio Conte at Tottenham after the Italian too left his role during the international break.
