The Man Who Rejected Power: The Amazing Story of Thomas Tuchel's Departure! Conclusion
Before we get to the conclusion of this series, I must point out what was shared in the previous 2 parts:
Part 1: I pointed out how Todd Boehly and his new administration hit a wall of how different running a football club in England is different to running a baseball club in the United States.
Part 2: We get deeper into why Chelsea's vision was simply different than Tuchel's and that results were simply not the main reason he was sacked. Although, as we will see here, it became the reason.
Cristiano, Lukaku, and other things
In addition to the Champions League title, Ronaldo played - perhaps unintentionally - the role of the second distraction, and this is another paradox that is nothing more than a coincidence in reality because Cristiano and the Champions League often agree.
After Boehly was seen accompanied by Jorge Mendes, Cristiano's agent, during the latter's frantic trip to search for more matches in the Champions League, and after it ended up not being contracted based on Tuchel's desire, many expected that this would create a lot of problems between Tuchel and the administration, and even concluded that this was the reason for his dismissal in the end.
The truth is that this, as I mentioned, was nothing but an unintended media distraction from the reality of the situation in Chelsea, and the fact that the team's tactical problems surfaced quite some time ago, even before the summer of the big exit in which the Blues lost 3 players from the back line at once.
In Tuchel's first 50 matches with the team, he conceded only 24 goals in all tournaments, but this number doubled in the next 50 matches, making Dynamo Zagreb's goal the 53rd that Chelsea accepted. The fierce team that Tuchel built up in the first months, against which it was difficult to score, had ended irrevocably before the start of the current season.
What helped this was the second important fact; It is Tuchel's continuous failure to build a well-defined offensive structure within 18 months. Between the continuous tactical adjustments in the roles of the front line, the frequent change of positions of many players, and the spending of 115 million euros on Lukaku with little benefit, Tuchel succeeded, according to many sources, in frustrating and upsetting his attacking players, simply because they feel his tactics no longer help them bring out their best.
Running towards the mirage
All of this had a weight in the decision of Boehly and Eghbali, as they felt that Tuchel's policies of rotating, switching, and changing the continuous offensive line might force them to suffer huge losses, including, for example, having to sacrifice both Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic, the duo that Tuchel was unable to benefit from during Last season, it cost the club more than 100 million euros, and the first of them was its record deal at some point, in addition to the neglect of Callum Hudson-Odoi, who was considered one of the most important talents of the continent in its infancy, to add all that to Werner’s loss at the beginning of the summer, after his return to Leipzig for half the number spent to bring him from there two seasons ago.
Add to all this the fact that Tuchel spent almost 50 million euros to bring Sterling from City, and in fact, Sterling is a great player with a good number of advantages, but the abundance of goals or the sharpness in taking advantage of opportunities was never one of them, especially when we discovered that Tuchel did not intend on using him as a substitute winger for Raphinha, who Chelsea failed to buy, but as a second striker with Havertz, who in turn is not considered a striker in the tactical sense, if he can be considered an attacker in the first place.
In fact, this is the deepest problem in everything that Tuchel left behind at Chelsea, simply because if Christiansen, Rodigero and Alonso had stayed, and if Chelsea got Raphinha and Kounde in the summer, it does not seem that he will solve it. This is because the dilemma lies in Tuchel himself imagining the attacking personnel, their tasks and roles as if he was watching a movie.
Another fact, is that the Chelsea attack does not include a single real winger after the exclusion of Pulisic and the use of Sterling as an attacker, it does not include a single playmaker after the exclusion of Ziyash, and it does not include a single striker after the departure of Lukaku, but, at the same time, it scored like the City or Liverpool attack.
I do not say all of this because Tuchel really deserved to leave, or because he failed in Chelsea as a whole, but rather say it because the resounding victory in the Champions League title overlooked everyone’s eyes on him, and because everything that reflected Tuchel’s career in Chelsea, such as the repeated injuries to Chilwell, James and Kante, and Werner’s failure in front of the goal Lukaku's naive interviews have been documented and researched in analysis studios and across various media platforms.
All of these things are taken for granted and do not facilitate the work of any coach, but at the same time, the man's mistakes were not easy in turn, and his sharp, confrontational personality did not contribute to overcoming obstacles when they appeared.
In Conclusion
The whole story seems like a problem of hasty first impressions that have been proven wrong in time. It became clear that the magic wand that changed the team’s situation in the first months was not really magic, and it became clear that Tuchel, contrary to expectation, was the one who was most affected by the departure of the Abramovich administration despite the record transfer market with the Boehly administration, and it became clear that Boehly, in turn, is not just a rich American.
Boehly is not one of those who do not know a thing about football and are led by momentary emotions and wild passion.
Sources
Todd Boehly’s interview analysed: Chelsea plans, All-Star proposal and multi-club model
Thomas Tuchel Releases Statement After Getting Sacked Earlier This Week
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Thierry Henry rubbishes Todd Boehly claim over Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne
Mohamed Salah's Career Per Transfermarkt
Kevin De Bruyne's Career Per Transfermarkt
Thomas Tuchel's Career Per Transfermarkt
Chelsea’s new owners – the story of Todd Boehly and his consortium
Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea sacking – the inside story told from both sides
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