Thomas Tuchel has issued an emotional assertion on his exit from Chelsea - insisting he's "devastated" to be leaving the Stamford Bridge facet.
The German was introduced in in January 2021 to interchange Frank Lampard and located immediate success, main the Blues to Champions League glory inside six months of taking the job. He adopted that up with a Membership World Cup win and a powerful third-placed end within the Premier League final season to qualify for the flagship competitors once more.
However Chelsea, who at the moment are on their tenth everlasting supervisor since Carlo Ancelotti left in 2011, famously do not wait round if outcomes aren't going their method. And after their defeat to Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night time, they pulled the set off as soon as extra with Tuchel proven the door to be instantly changed by Brighton's Graham Potter. And he has now taken to Twitter to place out an emotional assertion, saying he had hoped to be supervisor in West London for years to return.
The previous Borussia Dortmund and PSG boss mentioned: "This is likely one of the most tough statements I've ever needed to write - and it's one which I hoped I might not must do for a few years. I'm devastated that my time at Chelsea has come to an finish.
"This can be a membership the place I felt at dwelling, each professionally and personally. Thanks a lot to all of the employees, the gamers and the supporters for making me really feel very welcome from the beginning.
"The satisfaction and pleasure I felt at serving to the workforce to win the Champions League and the Membership World Cup will stick with me perpetually. I'm honoured to have been part of this membership’s historical past and the reminiscences of the final 19 months will at all times have a particular place in my coronary heart."
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