<p>Newly-appointed <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/bayern-munich" target="_blank">Bayern Munich </a>coach <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/thomas-tuchel" target="_blank">Thomas Tuchel </a>said on Saturday he was stunned at being offered the position.</p>.<p>Tuchel, 49, has replaced the sacked Julien Nagelsmann in charge of the six-time Champions League winners.</p>.<p>Nagelsmann lost his job at the German champions on Friday with the Bavarians second in the table but he had guided them to next month's quarter-finals in Europe's top-tier competition.</p>.<p>Tuchel, was fired from Chelsea in September despite guiding them to the 2021 Champions League and spoke to Bayern bosses late on Tuesday.</p>.<p>"Believe me or not, I was a bit dumbstruck in the first 30 seconds of our first discussion," Tuchel told reporters.</p>.<p>"I didn't know what we were talking about. It became clear that it was for right now.</p>.<p>"I was completely surprised. The timing was surprising. There was no contact beforehand," the former Paris Saint-Germain boss added.</p>.<p>Tuchel's first match will come as soon as April 1 after the ongoing international break.</p>.<p>Bayern will meet league leaders Borussia Dortmund, the club that Tuchel led from 2015-2017 before he left for PSG.</p>.<p>"It's the (big) match in German football," he said.</p>.<p>"It has another level of importance," he added.</p>
<p>Newly-appointed <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/bayern-munich" target="_blank">Bayern Munich </a>coach <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/thomas-tuchel" target="_blank">Thomas Tuchel </a>said on Saturday he was stunned at being offered the position.</p>.<p>Tuchel, 49, has replaced the sacked Julien Nagelsmann in charge of the six-time Champions League winners.</p>.<p>Nagelsmann lost his job at the German champions on Friday with the Bavarians second in the table but he had guided them to next month's quarter-finals in Europe's top-tier competition.</p>.<p>Tuchel, was fired from Chelsea in September despite guiding them to the 2021 Champions League and spoke to Bayern bosses late on Tuesday.</p>.<p>"Believe me or not, I was a bit dumbstruck in the first 30 seconds of our first discussion," Tuchel told reporters.</p>.<p>"I didn't know what we were talking about. It became clear that it was for right now.</p>.<p>"I was completely surprised. The timing was surprising. There was no contact beforehand," the former Paris Saint-Germain boss added.</p>.<p>Tuchel's first match will come as soon as April 1 after the ongoing international break.</p>.<p>Bayern will meet league leaders Borussia Dortmund, the club that Tuchel led from 2015-2017 before he left for PSG.</p>.<p>"It's the (big) match in German football," he said.</p>.<p>"It has another level of importance," he added.</p>