THOMAS TUCHEL has come clean about his embarrassing past and a boyhood support for Tottenham.
The German grew up in the small Bavarian town of Krumbach and was fascinated by the club’s ‘adventurous’ name.
Tuchel joked: “I was young and needed the money.”
He went on: “When I was young, there was no daily match live on the television, no daily match live from the Bundesliga.
“So what I could actually see was one or two minutes every four weeks and suddenly a club like Tottenham Hotspur came across on our sports broadcaster.
“I heard the name Tottenham Hotspur, which sounded like a big adventure and gave me a big advantage playing with my friends because they had no idea where that club was.
“That was one of my first experiences. I didn’t even know it’s a club from London.
“But now I’m absolutely aware I work for their big rivals and you can be sure we will do everything we can to beat them next week.”
Chelsea are away at Tottenham on February 4 in what will be only Tuchel’s third game in charge.
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The former Borussia Dortmund boss said: “We played a Europa League game with Dortmund in Tottenham and everyone there was very friendly.”
But he will need his Blues side to be less amenable against Spurs than they were in his first game, Wednesday’s 0-0 home draw with Wolves.
And after dropping Mason Mount and Reece James for that clash, his team selections are already under a fierce spotlight.
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