Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has given a brilliant response when asked how his team will travel to face Lille in the Champions League. Chelsea take on the French club on Wednesday in the second leg of their last 16 tie, having won the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge 2-0. Questions have been raised over how the Chelsea squad will get to the match, with the club’s travel budget currently restricted to just £20,000 per away game due to the recent sanctions against club owner Roman Abramovich.
Roman Abramovich could be about to use some of his funds elsewhere Roman Abramovich is said to have opened talks to by a new football club in Europe after putting Chelsea up for sale - despite the Blues takeover not yet being completed. The Russian oligarch was pushed into selling up at Stamford Bridge after being placed under sanctions by the UK government - and hasn't wasted any time in looking at future investments. The 55-year-old billionaire said it was with a heavy heart that he put Chelsea up for sale after a hugely successful two decades, and he could be about to channel his passion into Turkish outfit Goztepe.
Things have really been going from bad to worse for both Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner at Chelsea this season, two players who are supposed to be our main strikers bought for almost £150m combined. Neither are doing what we need them to be doing right now and both of them are in poor form. We have heard them both in recent times mention that the system might be a problem for them, with fingers being pointed towards Thomas Tuchel’s tactics. It would be amazing if you guys subscribed for my project over at Si & Dan Talk Chelsea, where we are putting out so much Chelsea content including DAILY Newsletters, exclusive news, breaking news, Podcasts, interviews, inside information, and bringing in some massive guests! Of course this is a claim that was soon shut down by Tuchel, who has always maintained that it’s nothing to do with his tactics. Former Chelsea player and manager Glenn Hoddle believes that for Lukaku at least, it is nothing to do with how C...