German international, Andreas Beck has come out to say that the best is yet to come for Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea. He recently revealed that he has never doubted his compatriot’s ability at the very highest level.
According to him, each session under the ex BvB boss was intense, and the manager makes you work very hard to be successful on the pitch.
Beck added that he is pleased to see Thomas managing one of the best teams in Europe right now because his best years are still ahead of him.
His words, “When I arrived at Stuttgart, Thomas was the coach at Under-13 level,”
“Then, when we became Under-19s champions, he was the assistant coach. By then, it was like an older brother relationship, even though he was 10 years older than me.”
“After that, I became a professional player at Stuttgart and Hoffenheim, while he was coaching Mainz and then Dortmund. We face one another so many times.”
“Even now, we sometimes text each other. I love how he developed his career. He is one of the best. He is a special character with a unique energy. He was focused on being a world-class coach and he became exactly that.”
“He is now managing some of the biggest teams in the world and yet I still have the feeling he has only just started his career, and that he still has everything ahead of him.”
“I really admire his brain. Thomas was one of the best coaches I had. He teaches players how to play, tactically and technically. Then, there’s his psychological coaching, which is very demanding. He asks you to give everything.”
“Some coaches say: ‘Go and enjoy yourself’ but Thomas says: ‘Enjoy yourself but by giving everything’. This is the mentality needed to make champions and win titles. This was the mentality I took with me when I won my titles in Stuttgart and Besiktas. It is the same mentality as teams like Bayern Munich.”
“Yes, you have fun and enjoy it, but Tuchel is about going for it, fighting for it until you are exhausted and asking you to enjoy that process. Thomas even asked that of the kids, and he asked for it every single day: ‘Okay, go and do your simple passing exercises but always approach it like it is the last pass of your career.”
“I had the feeling that he always focused on the group. You have to respect the group, the team was the main thing and he asked for a lot of discipline.”
“Each session was intense. It was f*cking hard work but you had to give it all to be successful.”
“It isn’t the easiest approach for a coach to be this demanding and always ask for 100 per cent. Not every player likes it that way. But this is what I remembered about Thomas and what I respected about him.”
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