Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has explained his controversial sacking of Thomas Tuchel, saying he did not ‘share his vision for the future’ of the club. Tuchel won the Champions League for Chelsea in 2021 but he was given his marching orders after a 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in the same competition earlier this month. However, multiple reports claimed that ...
Thomas Tuchel has given a rough timeframe on when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could make his Chelsea debut. The Gabon striker completed his return to the Premier League – less than a year after departing for La Liga – at the very end of deadline day, with Marcos Alonso heading to Barcelona the other way as part of the deal. However, Aubameyang ...
Thomas Tuchel has reiterated his faith in goalkeeper Edouard Mendy after the Chelsea stopper came under fire for a string of unconvincing showings. Mendy has been guilty of a handful of errors this season, most notably when he gave the ball away to Brenden Aaronson to score in the recent 3-0 defeat to Leeds, while he was not confident in ...
The FA will investigate Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel following Sunday’s post-match comments about referee Anthony Taylor. Tuchel was angry after Harry Kane’s equaliser six minutes into stoppage time earned Tottenham a dramatic 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. The German suggested that Taylor should not referee Chelsea matches in future. “I can assure you that the whole dressing room of us, ...
By: Joshua Odametey Both sides famously contested the 2012 edition where Chelsea cruised to a 2-1 victory. A win will make either Thomas Tuchel or Jurgen Norbert Klopp the first German manager to annex the world’s oldest football competition a brainchild of Charles William Alcock. Bernard Carl Trautmann, Markus Babbel, Jens Gerhard Lehmann, Dietmar Johan Wolfgang Hamann, Michael Ballack, Per ...
“At home, I was not that angry. The dog was safe, the dog is always safe. The amount of chocolate I needed was immense to go through the match again, to compensate.” “You sit there in the middle of the night, and it is not nice. You start writing, writing, and writing.” “You realise you are writing more and more, ...
Thomas Tuchel has dismissed rumours he will take over as Manchester United manager in the wake of Chelsea’s off-field problems. Chelsea face new ownership in the next few weeks and many analysts, including Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher, have claimed Manchester United should plot a move for the German. “Actually no reaction at all,” Tuchel said about the Manchester United links. ...
“No, there is not more uncertainty. It’s the same situation like in the last days. No updates.’ have two more different games than we had, in terms of playing style, obstacles to overcome. We relied heavily on our skilful play [at Norwich]. Newcastle, it was a question of mentality, resilience and physicality.” “Marcos and Azpi is ready to start. We ...
Manager Thomas Tuchel has reportedly left the Belgian striker out after he gave an interview in which he expressed unhappiness with his role at Stamford Bridge. Tuchel did not hide his irritation that £98million striker Lukaku had gone public with his displeasure and said he would hold ‘behind closed doors talks’ to sort out the situation. But, according to The ...
Thomas Tuchel on Ralf Rangnick: “Let’s respect everybody, Ralf, the Club’s decision, then when things are done maybe we can talk about it.”Thomas Tuchel on Ralf Rangnick: “He helped me a lot because he was my coach, then one of the main figures to try coaching. He had a huge influence. He showed us it’s not necessary to follow people ...