Chelsea news

Tuchel becomes the second managerial casualty of the English Premier League this season after the initial sacking of erstwhile AFC Bournemouth coach Scott ...

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Chelsea’s official statement said: “On behalf of everyone at Chelsea FC, the Club would like to place on record its gratitude to Thomas and his staff for all their efforts during their time with the Club. 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.

Chelsea Football Club on Wednesday parted company with Head Coach Thomas Tuchel. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Blues suffered a shocking 1-0 ...

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. The statement read, “Chelsea Football Club has today parted company with Head Coach Thomas Tuchel. Chelsea Football Club on Wednesday parted company with Head Coach Thomas Tuchel.

Chelsea have sacked manager Thomas Tuchel after the team's disappointing start to the season, which continued with a defeat in their European opener.

AND WHAT'S MORE: The Blues have lost to Southampton, Leeds and Zagreb so far this season, as well as being held at home by Tottenham. THE BIGGER PICTURE: Chelsea have picked up just 10 points from six Premier League games so far this season, after spending the most of any English club in the transfer market - £278.4 million ($319.9m/€323m). WHAT NEXT FOR CHELSEA?

Chelsea are on the lookout for a new head coach following Thomas Tuchel's sacking, but who will Todd Boehly pick for his first managerial appointment?

But who should he be looking to recruit? [Thomas Tuchel has been relieved of his duties as Chelsea manager](https://www.goal.com/en/news/chelsea-sack-manager-thomas-tuchel-after-disappointing-start-to-the-season/blt43e0cc8cf0229a48), with the man who delivered the club its second European Cup sacked less than 18 months later. [Defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in their Champions League opener on Tuesday](https://www.goal.com/en/lists/chelsea-winners-losers-and-ratings-as-dinamo-zagreb-shock-wealthy-blues/bltdabd7225426b321d) proved to be the final straw for new Blues owner Boehly, who now has the job of making his first managerial appointment at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea have sacked manager Thomas Tuchel after the team's disappointing start to the season, which continued with a defeat in their European opener.

AND WHAT'S MORE: The Blues have lost to Southampton, Leeds and Zagreb so far this season, as well as being held at home by Tottenham. THE BIGGER PICTURE: Chelsea have picked up just 10 points from six Premier League games so far this season, after spending the most of any English club in the transfer market - £278.4 million ($319.9m/€323m). WHAT NEXT FOR CHELSEA?

Chelsea news and transfers as things happen on Wednesday in the wake of their defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.

[Chelsea](https://www.football.london/all-about/chelsea) actually started well in Zagreb last night. Tuchel's side laboured in attack once more and despite a lively start, once Mislav Orsic opened the scoring, Aubameyang's impact became less and less noticeable. With Thiago Silva left at home, it was no surprise Thomas Tuchel turned to the experience of Azpilicueta, who started on the right of the back three. The lack of invention, of repeatable attacking patterns that result in chances, was evident once more and something Tuchel has to change. Even more so when considered after Mislav Orsic scampered clear of the Chelsea defence and finished beyond It is still early in the season but with Tuchel unable to explain the performance against Dinamo, blaming himself and his players, he must find answers quickly. Everton manager Frank Lampard is slowly clawing his way out of the danger zone joining Steve Cooper, Bruno Lage and Ralph Hasenhüttl around the 16/1 mark. Tuchel had seen enough and the majority of Blues supporters on social media had seen their wish granted. 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. You see the crowd the whole game, but I feel like the way we played and the way we started the game, we should have killed it off at the beginning." It was another disappointing result and performance for Thomas Tuchel last night as Chelsea fell to a shock 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League group stage opener. Having already laboured to a poor start in the Premier League there is now increasing pressure on Tuchel to overturn Chelsea's fortunes after form has dipped since the new year.

Chelsea news: Thomas Tuchel is under pressure at Stamford Bridge after a disastrous start to the Champions League and former Tottenham boss Mauricio ...

[Head coach Thomas Tuchel was not impressed afterwards](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/every-word-thomas-tuchel-chelsea-24948515). A lack of determination, a lack of hunger and a lack of intensity to actually do the things that we need at the highest level. Would he take the job at Stamford Bridge, and would Chelsea fans accept him? 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. The Blues travelled to Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night expecting to win. The Blues' Premier League campaign has got off to an inauspicious start, with Chelsea winning three, drawing one and losing two of their six games so far.

The Moroccan came under severe criticism from the fanbase who could not hide their frustrations with the former Ajax man.

3' There were other culprits in the defeat, such as Kalidou Koulibaly, Wesley Fofana, Mason Mount and more but judging by social media reaction, Chelsea's number 22 was the biggest problem when introduced at half-time. We saw him play at Ajax, he was quite brilliant. The 29-year-old made arguably one of the worst cameo appearances seen in a Blues jersey for a very long time. His overall performance was summed up by damning statistics @MozoFootball posted in the aftermath. He knows that. [player rating ](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/chelsea-player-ratings-dinamo-zagreb-24947787)of the man in question read: 'introduced at the interval to add a creative spark, Ziyech was poor with his crossing, wasteful with his shooting, and hit the wall with two promising free-kicks late on.