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🗣️ Thomas Tuchel speaks passionately on #CFC sacking. "It was a kind of a shock. It was an unusual and very short meeting at eight o'clock the morning after the Champions League game [against Zagreb]. It was a 3-5 minute meeting. I was also not in the mood to talk longer... 
"We had the feeling we were in the right spot at the right time to achieve big things and stay longer. We had big relationships, huge relationships, within the staff. We still do. How long did it take to get over it? It still hurts not to see these people on a daily basis...
"I've said it before, I love this job. I have the passion. The week here [at Bayern] was very demanding but there's no funnier place than a dressing room and a football staff. It has so much love, so much joy, so many good jokes. That is what I have missed the most...
"[At Chelsea] we built an extraordinary bond because of the circumstances. We started during Covid and Brexit, then came the change of ownership. So we were a strong, strong, strong group on the training ground and it was not in my hands to take the decision [to leave]...
"I was no longer part of this group, and it felt like a family. So now I have found a new challenge. I am happy to be back at a very ambitious, big club and straight away I feel the energy...
"I still have a good bond with the [Chelsea] players. We still text. There are many, many messages. I still have a lot of friends there and this will not end because of a new job...
"There will always be people in the football industry that say I am difficult or complicated. I don't think I am difficult to work with. I think I am easy to get on with."
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