Tuchel

Chelsea have sacked Thomas Tuchel as manager and are expected to approach Brighton for permission to speak to Graham Potter.

The owners began to see the same complaints from him and the same excuses but no solutions, with Zagreb representing the nadir. “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,” a statement said. Tuchel took over from Frank Lampard in January 2021 and won the Champions League four months later. Tuchel came to feel he had too many players to accommodate and not enough he could count on. Boehly’s data analysts had pushed for the Everton midfielder after being impressed by some of his performance metrics. Chelsea have spent a record £266m in one window to bring in Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella, Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Carney Chukwuemeka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang among others.