Manager delighted if players think he is crazy or fear himTuchel promises ‘we will have fun’ if he wins Champions League“I love it when other people are happy,” Thomas Tuchel said, imagining the after-party if
Chelsea beat
Manchester City in the
Champions League final on Saturday night. “It means more to me around
Christmas that I have good presents for others. It’s very hard to give me a gift. Maybe I’m not the guy to dance on the table, but I will be so super-happy if we win and I see my team, my staff, the families, and when I feel what it means to my family. This is huge for me.”
Five months after arriving in
London, Tuchel sounds as if he is in a good place. The acrimonious manner of his split from
Paris Saint-Germain, who sacked him on Christmas Eve, is in the past. Tuchel has barely put a foot wrong since joining Chelsea in January and, in contrast to the snappy persona he often presented at PSG and Borussia Dortmund, is in a compelling and playful mood as he prepares to face City in Porto.