Thomas Tuchel had just been appointed as the new head coach of FC Bayern when he paid his first visit to the team dressing room. He did a lap, stopping at striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's locker. "For the third time," laughed Tuchel. "The poor guy!" Choupo-Moting's regrets about the reunion should be limited. After all, Tuchel was once responsible in Mainz for the career of the Cameroonian international finally picking up speed, and at the Parisian big club Paris Saint-Germain the supposed bench presser played 51 games in two years.

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