American Todd Boehly’s first 100 days as Chelsea’s new ownerwho replaced Roman Abramovich, has been in disarray and ended Thomas Tuchel’s tenure on the bench, with a coaching spell that handed the ‘blue’ club the Champions League in May 2021, six months after sacking Frank Lampard.
What happened to Tuchel, to Chelsea? Under Boehly, Chelsea, lacking a sporting director following the departures of director Marina Granovskaia and technical adviser Petr Cech, appear to be becoming an unstable and sometimes chaotic club, where the coach was fired within days after a record spending of 282 million euros on transfers. .
The relationship between Tuchel and the new board
What is clear is that there is no good relationship between Tuchel and the new leaders. The German prefers to work with the distance allowed by Abramovich rather than the inclusive work of the new owner. The coach indicated in the summer his dissatisfaction with the transfer policy. In the end, however, they arrived, among others and in addition to Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Wesley Fofana and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Reinforcements to the taste of a Tuchel he sent off moments later.
The results and the Chelsea game
Despite all this, Chelsea’s start to the season has been very poor, including home defeats to Leeds (3-0) and Southampton (2-1). The ‘blues’ are sixth in the Premier League, 5 points behind leaders Arsenal. According to the BBC, the decision to fire Tuchel was made before Tuesday’s heavy defeat at Dinamo Zagreb (1-0 at the start of the Champions League).
By then, Chelsea’s new owner had already decided that Tuchel was not the man he wanted for his project.
A more detached Tuchel
And Tuchel, always according to the BBC, has become more detached with the players and the board, which, along with poor results and team play, hastened the outcome of this Wednesday. The German manager needs more time and patience to shape this expensive team, but Boehly-era Chelsea have none of it. Dumping Tuchel was a high-risk move, but it was Boehly’s choice.
Source: La Verdad
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