Last night, Fulham made the decision to replace former manager Rene Meulensteen with former Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg boss Felix Magath.

The German has a good managerial record, having won three Bundesliga titles. But that masks a few issues with players.

Indeed, the 60-year-old has been nicknamed "Saddam" and "The Torturer" for his tough training regime.

As occasional Off The Ball contributor and The Guardian's Raphael Honigstein wrote in 2012, one example of Magath's harsh methods jumps to mind.

The man known as the last dictator in Europe famously took his Wolfsburg players for what they thought was a gentle jog in the woods.

Instead, they found that he had emptied their water bottles by the time they had finished their run.

In 2010, current Bayern Munich right-back Rafinha had harsh words for Magath after experiencing the former Germany international's special brand of discipline at Schalke telling Bild: "I sometimes had the impression I was in the army."

Rafinha also added that Magath "works in a way which is not really synonymous with pleasure." 

His former Eintracht striker Bachirou Salou described him as the "last dictator in Europe".

Magath also has a reputation for handing out fines. According to Bild during his time at Wolfsburg, players were fined €1000 for unnecessary backpasses, €250 for wearing headphones on the team bus, €100 for being late to training and €500 for defenders who allowed the ball to bounce before clearing the danger. 

Strikers Patrick Helmes and Mario Mandzukic were both fined €10,000 for not tracking back.