The coach, who arrived in January 2021 on the bench of the London football club, had won the C1 four months later.
Le Monde with AFP
The London football club Chelsea announced on Wednesday September 7, the dismissal of his German coach, Thomas Tuchel, the day after a humiliating defeat against Dinamo Zagreb (1-0) in the Champions League. The name of his successor is not yet known.
The coach, who arrived in January 2021 on the London bench, won the C1 four months later with Chelsea. Currently ranked sixth in the Premier League, the team changed ownership in May with the arrival of an investor consortium led by the American businessman Todd Boehly.
“Thomas will keep a deserved place in the history of Chelsea after winning the Champions League, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup during its mandate,” the club wrote in a statement.
“But, while the new management celebrates its hundred days at the head of the club and continues to work hard to advance the club, the new owners consider that the time is appropriate to make this change”, we can read .
Start of the very mixed season
Tuchel, 49, is dismissed at the end of a very mixed start of the blues season, which nevertheless spent without counting on the transfer market with some 300 million euros invested in the transfer window for players like Raheem Sterling, Wesley Fofana or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
But the sauce was slow to take, and the inaugural defeat in Zagreb, Tuesday for the 1
Chelsea, who faces Fulham on Saturday in the league, will quickly have to pull himself together with a crucial match against Salzburg next Wednesday in the Champions League.
“The supervision will take care of the team training and the preparation of our coming matches while the club intends to quickly appoint a new coach,” said Chelsea, without specifying a calendar.