straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has backed Thomas Tuchel to gain success at Chelsea.The German has been appointed head coach at Stamford Bridge following Frank Lampard's sacking earlier this week.
He is a manager that Man City boss Guardiola knows well, with the two having faced each other in Germany on a number of occasions.
In 2015/16, Guardiola led Bayern Munich to the Bundesliga title as they finished 10 points clear of Tuchel's Borussia Dortmund, who finished second.Guardiola remembers Tuchel's Dortmund side as being fiercely competitive and expects the 47-year-old to reproduce this at Chelsea.
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