But Tuchel is a deep tactical thinker and perhaps too flexible to be anchored to these fashion words. He is not a manager of ‘philosophy’ married to an idea like Ruben Amorim or Ange Postecoglou.
In Dortmund he pressed tall and hard, only to fall more deeply into Chelsea, where he developed an inclination for the double number 10 between the lines. In the Bayern Munich, tactical fluidity never seized, but Tuchel clearly moved towards rapid extremes and rapid transitions rather than in previous works.
Even training is open to change. He deployed a butt in 55 of his 63 Premier League games for Chelsea, but has rarely returned to him since then.
There are no absolute, leaving open the possibility that, although there is talk of a strong tactical vision, Tuchel, like so many managers from England before him, will naturally retire in something completely more conservative.
His disappointing 14 -month spell at Bayern, which ended third in his only full season, was defined by a precaution and pragmatism that he, according to reports, resisting internal calls to play attacking football, felt forced by a weak defense.
The scarcity of high quality defenders of England, certainly compared to their wealth in the attack, can inspire a similar caution, especially in an environment that naturally generates a restrictive thought.
The Didier Deschamps plan for non-Knockout International football, a defensive and low volume volume of low volume, security attacks first, remains in-vogue, and despite its high objectives, Tuchel could be attracted, especially because he has done it once before, and caused its highest performance to date.
