Tuchel asked for a second Chelsea chance on the phone: successor costs 18 million euros
Created: 09/09/2022, 12:27 p.m
By: Stefan Schmid
Surprisingly, Thomas Tuchel was released in the morning after the 1-0 defeat in Zagreb.
Now his successor has been officially announced.
London – The dismissal of the German team manager Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea was the big surprise after the first day of the Champions League.
Tuchel himself had probably not remotely thought that this conversation would await him when he left for the training ground the day after the defeat in Zagreb and now there are already the first rumors about his successor.
The first details of the dismissal and how it should have expired have now become public.
Tuchel: Instead of going to the Chelsea dressing room, we went to the executive floor
Thomas Tuchel, who demonstratively stood in front of his team after the failed Champions League start, wanted to join his team in the dressing room at the Cobham Training Ground on Wednesday morning, where they were supposed to pick up their lectures.
But along the way, according to
The Sun
, he was summoned to a boardroom conference.
The other participants in the conference, Chelsea owner Todd Boehly and co-owner Behdad Eghbali, are said not to have done the honor in person, but only spoke to Tuchel over the phone.
What followed was a ten-minute conversation that ended with the dismissal of the German coach, which hit the football landscape like a bomb.
By the time the unexpected news got through to Tuchel himself, he is said to have begged the owners to give him some more time with the team.
He was convinced to the last that he could turn the rudder of the Blues around with him at the top.
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Tuchel successor already fixed – rumors about Ronaldo
Professional football is generally a fast-paced business, so it is not surprising that Tuchel's successor has already been found.
After various British media had already traded Graham Potter, previously coach of Premier League competitor Brighton & Hove Albion, the deal is now fixed.
18 million euros are reported as a transfer fee.
When it comes to the dismissal of Tuchel, a picture is now emerging that is not solely due to the sporting successes of the German in his function as team manager.
Tuchel is said to have drawn the ire of Chelsea owner Todd Boehly when he voted against signing Cristiano Ronaldo.
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