Thomas Tuchel proved he is a top-level coach with devilish timing… Man Utd chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe should get in touch
TOMMY TUCHEL could not have done it better had he submitted his CV to LinkedIn or Indeed.
Somehow mustering some gumption from the worst Bayern Munich team in more than a decade to stop a rampant Arsenal dead in their tracks is a spectacular job advert for a manager soon to be looking for work.
If Man United chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe wasn’t watching from his Old Trafford office or from the cinema room in one of his tax havens, he should have been.
They may have even sat up and taken notice in Newcastle or in the owners’ Riyadh hub as Tuchel reminded everyone of his credentials as a top-level coach with devilish timing.
If change is coming then Tuchel is playing a trump card.
By rights Bayern should have had a penalty against Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday.
And with Harry Kane taking it, they would almost certainly be enjoying a 3-2 lead heading into Wednesday’s return leg.
What is fact is that Tuchel’s side turned up and cowed the team that, as far as the current Premier League goes, is the best in England.
It may only add to the questions around Tuchel that after tossing away the only league easier to win than Scotland’s or Spain’s, Munich have sprung to life in Europe.
After 11 years unopposed as German champions, Chelsea’s former manager has chucked it in at home in a remarkable act of ineptitude.
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But freak years can happen.
Leicester have been relegated since beating odds of 5,000-1 to win the 2015-16 Premier league.
Blackburn must surely be an even longer price to ever repeat their title win of 21 years earlier?
Tuchel is an enigma. But that is part of the appeal as much as winning the Champions League with Chelsea just three months after taking the job.
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