Chelsea on Wednesday sacked her German born manager Thomas Tuchel just seven games into the season following a chastening 1-0 Champions League defeat at Dinamo Zagreb.
The London club said in a statement they had “parted company” with the German, who led them to Champions League glory in 2021 and the Club World Cup crown earlier this year.
BASIC FACTS
- The management of Chelsea has announced the sack of Thomas Tuchel.
- Chelsea lost a Champions league match at Zagreb Tuesday.
- Chelsea management says the timing of the decision is ok.
WHAT WE KNOW
London football club, Chelsea this Wednesday announced it has sacked her Champions league winning coach Thomas Tuchel.
The former Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain boss, 49, leaves Stamford Bridge after less than 20 months in charge.
The new management of the Stamford Bridge club, under new owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, defended the timing of the decision.
Chelsea are sixth in the Premier League table after three wins, one draw and two defeats in their opening six matches.
Tuchel is the second Premier League manager to be fired this season after Bournemouth sacked Scott Parker last week.
NOTABLE QUOTES
In a statement this Wednesday, Chelsea said, “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 as the club “moves swiftly to appoint a new head coach”.
CATCH-UP
Recall that Thomas Tuchel led Chelsea to win the 2021 Champions league trophy.
Chelsea ownership recently changed from Russian born billionaire Roman Abrahimovich to Boehly’s consortium who paid a world-record fee of £4.25 billion ($4.9 billion) for a sports franchise to buy Chelsea from Russian last May.
Abramovich was forced to relinquish Chelsea after been hit with UK sanctions after the government described him as part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
While Chelsea struggled without a substantive owner, it was Thomas Tuchel who kept the Blues afloat reaching the League and FA Cup finals, losing both on penalties to Liverpool, won the Club World Cup and finished third in the Premier League.
TAKEAWAY
The risk associated with been a football manager again proved cruel to Tuchel who despite having help the club is discarded like a rag after the awful night in Zagreb.
