Thomas Tuchel was a Tom Cruise wannabe when he quit as a player to work as a barman.And even though he barely drinks these days, the Chelsea boss will allow himself a few gin and tonics if his side beat Manchester City on Saturday night.It was back in 1998, ten years after Cruise starred in the blockbuster movie Cocktail, that a knee injury forced Tuchel to hang up his boots.He claims he learned his most valuable life lesson during that time, scraping money together serving drinks as a 25-year-old student in Stuttgart.And Tuchel is now on the verge of a Hollywood ending to his first season as Chelsea boss that any big film star would be proud of.He said: “I made cocktails.
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