Chelsea owner Todd Boehly didn’t get along with Thomas Tuchel – and threw him out Photo: picture alliance/ Zuma Press
From BZ/dpa
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has cited the lack of willingness to cooperate as the main reason for the split from coach Thomas Tuchel.
“Our vision for the club was to find a manager who really wanted to work with us. You have to tear down a lot of walls at Chelsea,” said the US entrepreneur at a panel discussion in New York.
Thomas Tuchel had to leave despite winning the Champions League with Chelsea Photo: picture alliance
“No one is right or wrong. But we didn’t have a common vision for the future. It wasn’t about Zagreb, it was about the shared vision of what Chelsea should look like one day.”
Tuchel was surprisingly dismissed last week after a 1-0 defeat at Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League. The 49-year-old had been Chelsea coach since the end of January 2021 and led the team to victory in the premier class.
Todd Boehly originally comes from baseball and is a co-owner of the Los Angeles Fodgers Photo: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PR
US billionaire Boehly took over the club with other business partners in May. Sporting reasons were apparently not the main reason for the separation from Tuchel.
“It wasn’t a decision based on a single loss. It was a decision for the right vision of the club,” said 48-year-old Boehly. The club must “run like a well-oiled machine”.