Players and managers talking about Thomas Tuchel, a thread:

This is a very good read.

Klopp: “I thought Thomas would be the perfect manager for Dortmund, not as the guy coming after, but because he was a really good manager. I thought ‘if we don’t announce it now he might sign for another club and I want him to be the manager of Dortmund’.”

Guardiola: “He lives football. He has passion, this desire to want to know everything, to get better. He’s 24 hours a day thinking about his team, the opponents, football generally. I like that about him. Thomas and I understand each other. We have the same passion for the game.”

Pulisic: “I’m just very thankful for everything [Tuchel] did for me. Tuchel always just trusted me and gave me a chance.”

Joachim Low: “Klopp and Tuchel both share my philosophy of bringing through young players. They have a roadmap and they follow it religiously. They could definitely manage the national team.”

Klopp: “He’s a fantastic, fantastic manager. You can see really his influence, it has changed a lot their style of play, how they play, different formations and stuff like that. I know a lot of people who have worked with him, they all are full of respect for him.”

Aubameyang: “He’s someone a bit crazy, a little like me. You could say that his style is a bit like that of Guardiola. In any case, they play with the same spirit. He likes to keep the ball with a style of play that likes to see the ball move forward, no matter what happens.”

Dani Alves: “The atmosphere he’s created here, he’s brought the pleasure back into coming to work and you approach things with a big smile and energy, he reminds me of Pep, he really does in this sense.”

French journo Julien Laurens: “Tuchel is a perfectionist. Every detail counts towards perfection. It is not surprising that he gets on so well with Pep Guardiola. They are very similar in their vision and approach to the game. They are both obsessed by the quest for perfection.”

Nagelsmann: “Thomas told me I should try becoming a coach in case I couldn’t play anymore. He had a feeling that I might be talented, due to the way I thought and spoke (about the game). He said I should definitely give it a go.”

Sport journo Simon Kuper: “Tuchel is a coach in Wenger’s own image: a cerebral, multilingual workaholic obsessed with diet, match stats and beautiful football.”

Verratti: “He really tells you things. Sometimes they are not pretty, but he tells you. He is a good person and helps you to follow him, to give 100 per cent for him.”

Dembele: “Thomas was a coach who placed a lot of trust in me. He's a very good coach and I had some great moments with him. I don't know what happened but I never heard anything about personal issues between people."