Thomas Tuchel keeps smiling.
Despite a failed home debut against Wolverhampton (0-0), the new Chelsea coach appeared relaxed in front of the microphones after the meeting on Wednesday.
He multiplied the explanations in front of different media.
At the moment of discussing his arrival in London, replacing Frank Lampard, the German recounted the genesis, with his usual frankness: “From a professional point of view, I had a shitty Christmas, and everything in suddenly, I felt like I had the best present under the Christmas tree and it is there, ”Tuchel spoke to talkSPORT radio.
On the evening of December 23-24, just after a league victory against Strasbourg (4-0) at the Parc des Princes on behalf of the 17th day, the German was summoned by Leonardo to a lounge at the stadium.
The sports director of PSG had then notified him of his dismissal, Tuchel and his staff then emptying their lockers in the middle of the night at the Camp des Loges, the training center of the club in the capital.
N'Golo Kanté in his new workforce
“It's a dream to be here, to join this competition with the best teams and the best coaches, that's what you dream of and when it becomes a reality, it's an incredible feeling, added the technician. Wednesday after his first meeting at Stamford Bridge.
I had my doubts that this was going to happen and then suddenly in the last 72 hours everything accelerated, Chelsea, the Premier League… I felt like I couldn't pass up this possibility, because I would regret it for the rest of my coaching life.
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At a press conference, Tuchel also confessed that he was delighted to find in his new workforce N'Golo Kanté (currently injured), a player he has been tracking for several seasons.
His name does indeed often come back behind the scenes in Paris without the case materializing.
The world champion does not want to return to France as he has often explained to relatives.
