{"id":11985,"date":"2022-03-13T09:01:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T13:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/13\/chelsea-boss-thomas-tuchel-hits-back-at-exit-rumours-as-takeover-talks-ramp-up\/"},"modified":"2022-03-13T09:01:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T13:01:25","slug":"chelsea-boss-thomas-tuchel-hits-back-at-exit-rumours-as-takeover-talks-ramp-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/13\/chelsea-boss-thomas-tuchel-hits-back-at-exit-rumours-as-takeover-talks-ramp-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel hits back at exit rumours as takeover talks ramp up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Thomas Tuchel has hit back at suggestions that he may leave Chelsea this summer after speculation linked him with a potential move to Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Tuchel has spent 18 months at Chelsea, in which time he has won three trophies and reached the final in two further competitions, but the turmoil that currently surrounds the London club has led to suggestions that his future may lie away from Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Man Utd should go for Thomas Tuchel right away!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yQZ6We4nhb\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/yQZ6We4nhb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carra23\/status\/1501908602369544192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, speaking ahead of his side\u2019s clash with Newcastle at Stamford Bridge, Tuchel was quick to re-iterate his happiness with the blues, telling the gathered media that he doesn\u2019t expect to be able to always spend money or demand players.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I cannot predict the future\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamNewson\/status\/1502778847267328004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the German said<\/a>. \u2018Right now my future is until Sunday, actually, and since Thursday, even more so. \u201cSo let\u2019s go day by day. There\u2019s no other solution at the moment.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I never had in any contract that I can spend this amount of money, or that amount of money, that I need this player. \u201cI never did this in any club. I trust myself also to adapt to a lot of situations.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I trust my ability to influence teams. I\u2019m happy to be part of that big team at Cobham and at Chelsea. \u201cI\u2019m still very, very happy, and I hope it will not change.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2>Takeover bid imminent?<\/h2>\n<p>Fortunately for Chelsea, it seems as though they may be handed a way out of the Roman Abramovich-led mess in which they find themselves, as a Saudi media consortium has ramped up its takeover bid for the club.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear just how far through said negotiations are, but they plan to revamp Stamford Bridge and invest heavily in the youth and women\u2019s facilities should they take over.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An exclusive look at the Saudi Media takeover bid for Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>They are a lucrative private company and consortium led by Mohamed Alkhereiji. They are in no way linked to Newcastle or owner PIF and have big plans for the club: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wsI2kxRjUA\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/wsI2kxRjUA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NizaarKinsella\/status\/1502656268040876042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Should it go through, it would remove the sanctions that the club finds itself under at present.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/chelsea-vs-newcastle-united-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Chelsea vs Newcastle United betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/arsenal-vs-leicester-city-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Arsenal vs Leicester City betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Tuchel has hit back at suggestions that he may leave Chelsea this summer after speculation linked him with a potential move to Manchester United. Tuchel has spent 18 months at Chelsea, in which time he has won three trophies and reached the final in two further competitions, but the turmoil that currently surrounds the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-11985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}