Thomas Tuchel fired by Chelsea: What went wrong with the head coach at Stamford Bridge?

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Thomas Tuchel fired by Chelsea: What went wrong with the head coach at Stamford Bridge? Chelsea sacked Thomas Tuchel on Wednesday morning a...

Chelsea sacked Thomas Tuchel on Wednesday morning after losing 1-0 to Dinamo Zagreb;

The Blues have won just three of their seven games this season despite spending £278. 4million in the transfer market this summer By Cfcpost.co.uk 12:16, UK, Friday 09 September 2022.

Those were the words of Thomas Tuchel, as he digests Chelsea's recent disappointment from home, this time a 1-0 loss to Champions League minnows Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night.

But it may well have been the first words spoken by the manager the next morning when Chelsea's new owners informed him that he had been sacked just 16 months after leading the club to their second Champions League title.

Chelsea sack Thomas Tuchel Graham Potter ready for talks Dinamo Zagreb - Chelsea 1-0 - report Thomas Tuchel's last press conference:

I didn't see Dinamo's defeat coming Only three weeks ago, Tuchel announced that he was in talks about a contract extension :

"You know how happy I am to be here and how much I like it.

But if you look a little closer, the cracks at Stamford Bridge were showing up well before the disastrous result in Zagreb, with leaky defences, angry strikers, unwanted disposals and tactical adjustments.

, resulting in Todd Boehly and his consortium sitting 100 days in office by executing their most controversial decision yet.

Chelsea made headlines this summer as the top-spending club in Europe, spending £278.4m on 10 new players.

Todd Boehly will be primarily responsible for managing the company in his role as chief executive, but Tuchel's fingerprints can also be seen in Chelsea's dealings, most notably the arrival of Pierre-Emerick Aub Ameyang, a 33-12 month old player, who passed through Arsenal less than a year ago.