Tuchel is forward thinking
THOMAS TUCHEL admits the Chelsea striker curse is in danger of becoming embedded in the club’s psyche.
The Blues are still scouring the market to find a proven hitman to replace
£97.5million flop Romelu Lukaku – who is now back at Inter Milan on loan.
Big-money signings Andriy Shevchenko, Fernando Torres, Alvaro Morata, Gonzalo Higuain, Timo Werner and Lukaku have all proved duds up front in SW6.
Quizzed if it is now part of the club’s fabric and mindset to expect the worst in that crucial position, boss Tuchel said: “That‘s a very good question… and I struggle to give a clear answer.
“But we need to make sure this is not a self-fulfilling prophecy that we create for ourselves.
“I was ready to improve the situation with Romelu. I was ready to give it new thoughts, new energy.
“But it wasn’t to be. We had a difficult, disappointing year in this relationship with Romelu.
“We expected more, he expected more and I expected more… of myself.”