Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has shared the bizarre advice Ralf Rangnick once gave him as a player, as the two German coaches prepare for their first meeting in the dugout on Thursday night.
Before an injury cut short his playing career, Tuchel spent 18 months under the now Manchester United interim boss at SSV Ulm.
A defender for the German club before picking up a serious knee problem aged 24, the Chelsea manager has shed light on the method Rangnick taught him to deal with opposition frontmen.
Rangnick later offered Tuchel his first step on the coaching ladder and is often credited as a driving force in modern German methods.
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