‘It WASN’T about Zagreb, it was about the shared vision for what we wanted Chelsea to look like’: Todd Boehly opens up on his shock decision to sack Thomas Tuchel and appoint ‘a coach who really wanted to collaborate’ in Graham Potter
- Thomas Tuchel was sacked after the defeat by Dinamo Zagreb last week
- The news came as a shock to the 49-year-old German after 19 months in charge
- Chelsea owner Todd Boehly says a lack of shared vision led to the decision
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has lifted the lid on Thomas Tuchel‘s bombshell sacking by revealing the German did not share his vision for the future of the club.
The American billionaire spoke candidly about their shock decision to axe the 49-year-old just seven days after the transfer window.
The 48-year-old, along with co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Jose E. Feliciano, made the shock decision to sack Tuchel just seven days after the transfer window had ended, and the club had spent a record £272million.
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly says a lack of ‘shared vision’ with Thomas Tuchel led to the decision to sack the German as head coach
Tuchel’s departure came hours after a 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.
But the American businessman said the decision was not down to the defeat and that the club’s senior management had already decided to replace Tuchel just five months after completing their £4.25bn takeover in May.
‘When you take over any business, You have to make sure you are aligned with the people in the business, and Tuchel is obviously extremely talented and obviously someone who had great success with Chelsea,’ Boehly said, speaking at the SALT Conference in the United States.
Tuchel was sacked last Wednesday less than 12 hours after the Blues had been beaten by Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League
‘Our vision for the club was to find a manager who really wanted to collaborate with us, a coach who really wanted to collaborate.
‘There are a lot of walls to break down at Chelsea. Before, the first team and academy didn’t really share data, didn’t share information about where the top players were coming from. Our goal is to bring a team together; all of that needs to be a well-oiled machine.
‘The reality of our decision was that we weren’t sure that…