straight to your inboxNew Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has revealed he spoke with Pep Guardiola before taking the job at Stamford Bridge.Tuchel took charge of Chelsea for the first time on Wednesday night in a goalless draw with Wolves after replacing Frank Lampard as manager earlier this week.
The 47-year-old knows Guardiola well after they faced each other in Germany when the Man City boss was at Bayern Munich and Tuchel was in charge of first Mainz and then Borussia Dortmund.
Guardiola was quick to welcome Tuchel to the Premier League and now the new Chelsea manager has revealed they spoke before he took the role.
He told Football.London: "I spoke with Pep a lot since he came here and I have followed the Premier League very closely from.
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