After breaking the record of a single window spending worth £250 million, Chelsea’s new club owners have fired the club’s well reputed manager, Thomas Tuchel. It is saddening news, but with recent Chelsea losses, the owners claim that it was the right decision to make. Tuchel managed to build a strong team while running Chelsea.
The recent Champion League loss with Dinamo Zagreb was the alleged cause of his sacking. The game also marked the 100th and final game that Tuchel will ever be involved with a Chelsea game as of now.
Tuchel, now 49 has an incredible resume under his belt, as he was a former player and has been fascinated with football since he was a child. Originally from West Germany, he apparently joined to play football at the age of 19 and retired at 25 after suffering from a chronic knee injury.
Now, according to a sports site, the current owners of Chelsea are looking for his potential replacements, namely Graham Potter, Mauricio Pochettino and Zinedine Zidane. Note that most of these people have a similar background as Tuchel, but many acknowledge that Chelsea will never be the same without him.
The former owner of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich sold the team to Todd Boehly who so happens to co-own the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chelsea managed to revamp their line up with nine new players, partially thanks to them.
A statement from Chelsea, “On behalf of everyone at Chelsea FC, the club would like to place on record its gratitude to Thomas and his staff for all their efforts during their time with the club. Thomas will rightly have a place in Chelsea’s history after winning the Champions League, the Super Cup and Club World Cup in his time here.
“As the new ownership group reaches 100 days since taking over the club, and as it continues its hard work to take the club forward, the new owners believe it is the right time to make this transition.
“Chelsea’s coaching staff will take charge of the team for training and the preparation of our upcoming matches as the club moves swiftly to appoint a new head coach.
Furthermore, Erik ten Hag who is the manager for Manchester United admitted that the firing of Tuchel made him feel bad. Noting that Manchester United had a terrible start to this season, but has seemed to have gotten their bearings right after a few games.
Ten Hag then stated, “I feel sorry, but there is nothing I can say. It’s Chelsea, not Man United. It’s early in the season, yes.”
It went downhill for Thomas Tuchel after this pic.twitter.com/VGuFW9Y5ec
— Itsdaijon (@DaijonGordon) September 7, 2022
Netizens on Twitter also have a lot to say on Tuchel’s sudden sacking. Many made remarks on Tuchel’s handshake with Tottenham’s Conte as they said this is probably his last interaction with him.
We may be disgusting, but we have standards. Performances have been horrendous for 6 games.
— Repping Nico (@AcretionDisc2) September 7, 2022
Others are openly defending him, stating that Chelsea will not be able to find an amazing coach like him especially during this season. Fans have criticised the team for not re-considering the situation better as Tuchel helped them win the UCL.