Tuchel led Chelsea to Champions League glory in 2021 and the Membership World Cup crown earlier this 12 months.
Thomas Tuchel has been fired by Chelsea, just one month into the season and simply days after the membership concluded a Europe-high spending spree of almost $300m within the switch window.
The London membership stated in an announcement on Wednesday it had “parted firm” with the German, who led them to Champions League glory in 2021 and the Membership World Cup crown earlier this 12 months.
The choice by Chelsea’s new possession, fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly, got here a day after the staff surprisingly misplaced to Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in its first group match of the Champions League.
Tuchel, who has been a annoyed and prickly determine after matches this season, stated “every little thing is lacking” when he summed up Chelsea’s efficiency in opposition to Dinamo and complained that his gamers “lacked starvation”.
1 – Simply 350 days into his tenure as Chelsea boss, Thomas Tuchel turned the primary supervisor within the membership’s historical past to information the Blues to the ultimate of every of the League Cup, FA Cup and European Cup/UEFA Champions League. Specialist. pic.twitter.com/NIGll2RlEB
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Chelsea has misplaced two of its first six video games – to Leeds and Southampton – in an underwhelming begin to the Premier League that has seen the membership’s new signings fail to gel.
The membership sits sixth, 5 factors behind leaders Arsenal.
“As the brand new possession group reaches 100 days since taking on the membership, and because it continues its exhausting work to take the membership ahead, the brand new homeowners imagine it's the proper time to make this transition,” Chelsea stated in an announcement on Wednesday.
Tuchel was in cost for a 12 months and a half, profitable the Champions League solely six months into his tenure.
Chelsea light within the second half of final season – Tuchel’s solely full marketing campaign on the helm – and was eradicated within the quarterfinals of the Champions League earlier than ending third within the Premier League, 19 factors behind champion Manchester Metropolis.
“On behalf of everybody at Chelsea FC, the membership want to place on file its gratitude to Thomas and his employees for all their efforts throughout their time with the membership,” the membership stated.
“Thomas will rightly have a spot in Chelsea’s historical past after profitable the Champions League, the Tremendous Cup and Membership World Cup in his time right here.”
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