On September 7, 2022 the Chelsea decided to fire Thomas Tuchel after losing 1-0 match Dynamo Zagreb. The start of the season, with three defeats, three wins and a draw, is not the raising of your hands, but the disagreements between Todd Boehleyclub owner, and the German coach that led to a fall from grace that even money could not cover.
a shot in the leg
With an expenditure of 290 million euros in summer and 330 in winter, the Chelsea tried to start a self-provoked reconstruction, because the club itself shot itself by tearing up the project of Tuchel in his removal and start, in the middle of the season and with the World Cup in sight, the season Graham Potterwhich has not yet finished curdling.
It was rumored at Stamford Bridge that what precipitated the decision to kick out Tuchelwinner of the second Champions League in the history of Chelsea and which led the ‘blues’ to fourth place and two cup finals last season, was the German’s refusal to make room for Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer when he was looking for a club.
Boehly the signing of the Portuguese was seen as strategic to raise the value of the brand Chelsea and expand it, as well as trying to make the future ‘All star’ of English football, similar to the NBA.
but Boehly had little patience with a Tuchel that the campaign did not start well, but it was not as bad as the numbers of a Graham Potter who, by results, is the worst coach in the history of Chelsea since the creation of the Premier League, with only six victories, two of them in 2023.
The drama of Chelsea it is that it is undergoing a reconstruction that hardly has time to savor the previous construction. The ‘blues’ only enjoyed a grace period that included from the Champions League being won in 2021 to the conquest of the Club World Cup at the end of that year. They haven’t even managed to fight for the Premier League.
Garbage
To change this, the Chelsea invested nearly 300 million in the summer, placing special emphasis on defense, after the departure of Anthony Rudigerand in front, after the removal of Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku. that’s how they got there Wesley Fofana (77 million), Kalidou Koulibaly (40 million) and Marc Cucurella (65 million) for the rear and Raheem Sterling (55 million) and the former Barcelona Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (12 million) for the offensive plot.
None of the five succeeded; Koulibaly and cucurella they are substitutes, fofana and Sterling they have been injured for a long time and aubameyang hardly counted.
It forced the Chelsea to resort to the January market like crazy: 330 million was spent on football players Enzo Fernandez (120), Mykhailo Mudryk (70), Benoit Badiashile (40), Noni Madueke (35), Bad taste (30) and joao felix (12), among others.
With no preseason and no time, it was demanding potter immediate results. And they didn’t come. Due to the end of the transfer window, the Chelsea they won one game (1-0 against Leeds), they drew two and lost three. During that time he scored only two goals.
foul of goal
This is the biggest scourge of the ‘blues’, they have no goals. Sterling and Kai Havertz They are the team’s top scorers, with six goals each; followed by jorginho -which is gone-, aubameyang and Mason Mountincluding three.
He Chelsea has 24 goals this season, while the City of Manchester accumulating 66, the Arsenal 59, the Liverpool 47, the Tottenham 46 and the Manchester Utd 41. The bottom of the Premier League, the bournemouthhas the same goal as him Chelsea.
In this view, the Chelsea they have been knocked out of both domestic cups, they are eleven points behind fourth place in the Premier League and 19 off the lead, and their only ticket is to win the Champions League. To do this, you need to go back to Borussia Dortmund this Tuesday.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
