Tuchel

Chelsea have sacked head coach Thomas Tuchel six matches into the Premier League season.

Thomas will rightly have a place in Chelsea's history after winning the Champions League, the Super Cup and Club World Cup in his time here. Todd Boehly has axed Tuchel just three months after completing his takeover of the club. Chelsea are expected to approach Brighton later on Wednesday for permission to speak to Graham Potter about their manager vacancy.

Six days after spending more in a single transfer window than any club in history, Chelsea fired its coach, Thomas Tuchel.

By that stage, Chelsea was under new ownership: Abramovich had been forced to sell the club after he and his businesses were placed under sanctions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He queried the “level of commitment, physically and mentally” of his players after a 4-0 preseason defeat to Arsenal in Orlando, Fla., a theme that continued into the campaign itself. His team, he said after losing to Southampton, was “not tough enough.” Though Chelsea had been operating at an eye-watering loss under Abramovich, Boehly and Clearlake’s co-founder, Behdad Eghbali, have continued to pour money into the club. The club is currently sixth in the Premier League table, five points adrift of first-place Arsenal. Stories like this are possible because of our deep commitment to original reporting, produced by a global staff of over 1,700 journalists who have all dedicated themselves to helping you understand the world.