Thomas Tuchel defends Chelsea owners on their European Super League plans
According to Metro, Thomas Tuchel has defended Chelsea owners over their European Super League plans. He insisted that the people in charge of the club don’t care about the spirit of the competition at all.
It took 48 hours for the ESL to be unfurled and packed back in. On Sunday night, it was announced that 12 of Europe’s top clubs would create a closed competition, i.e. the ESL, in order to generate more money and recoup losses made during the pandemic.
However, the football fraternity came together in protest of this idea given how it went against the whole principles of competitive football. By Wednesday, the whole idea was sent packing after all the Premier League clubs, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona pulled out.
With most of the club officials unsurprisingly unavailable during the chaos, managers such as Tuchel were left to face the media. After Chelsea officially pulled out of the ESL, Tuchel spoke about the owners and somewhat defended them as expected.
‘I cannot think anything else other than they love competitions because they like to win big trophies and they have a passion for football. Look at the owners here in your league, the Premier League, what they invest, what teams they built, what clubs they built – this is the most competitive league in the world and this is also because of the owners to build such strong clubs and strong teams, so don’t forget it.’
Tuchel also reiterated that he was not the correct person to ask these things as he is not involved in the boardroom discussions. But he believed that the owners want competition in the league.
‘I did not have any details and that clearly does not feel good as a coach when you are asked all the time about it. That’s why I can only repeat that I am not the right person to talk about it because I have not read one page of this idea. But I believes strongly and I trust my club of course and I believe strongly that the owners are about competition because they built a very competitive league and very competitive clubs here.’
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Amidst all the hullabaloo of the ESL and its fallout, Chelsea were in action against Brighton. A 0-0 draw was all they could manage but that was enough to push them into fourth place. Chelsea will next face West Ham in a crucial clash as both teams are tied on points.