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tuchel--on-the-lookout-for-right-side-reinforcement

Tuchel: On the lookout for right-side reinforcement

07 Jan 2022


Reece James' current absence through injury, even if it is not very
long-term, is one of the reasons Chelsea are surveying the January
transfer market Thomas Tuchel has revealed.


https://i.imgur.com/klqHPG3.jpg


Our head coach during his Friday media conference explained the club is
looking into the market for possible moves that make sense, but without
feeling high pressure to do so.


Unlike Ben Chilwell on the other flank who is out for the season, James is
expected to return from a hamstring tear before too long, but even then
the crowded fixture programme is focusing minds, as Tuchel explains as he
revisits the topic of the transfer window.


'If you are out for some weeks, and you don't know how fast the process is
for coming back, you can lose a lot of matches,' he says.


'If you have this in the wrong time you can lose Club World Cup matches,
you can lose Champions League matches, you can lose crucial Carabao Cup
matches and league matches. With four or five weeks out you can lose 10 to
12 matches. This can be too much.'


Looking at the current squad, whether he is playing a three-man defence
with wing-backs as he has done for the majority of the season, or a
back-four as against Tottenham midweek, Tuchel highlights that he has only
one player who is ideal to fit where Reece James may have played.


'If we play in the back-five, it's Azpi, if we play a back-four and the
need is maybe a bit more defensive full-back with different
characteristics to protect the offensive players, it is also Azpi. Maybe
it could be Trevoh Chalobah but he is out with injury.


'So we were running out of options. If you talk about Christian Pulisic or
Callum Hudson-Odoi, they can for sure only play wing-back, this is only
fair to them. It's not their preferred position and they cannot show their
full potential if they play there, and they can for sure not play
full-back.


https://i.imgur.com/cDSTLAo.jpg
Happily Cesar Azpilicueta's problem midweek was only cramp


'So you lose options not only personnel-wise but also in tactics and
formation. That's why we look into the market and we check our options but
in the end it needs to make sense, it's not only pure numbers. It's needs
to be a good mix of high quality, high-level attitude and character.


'If we had a full squad I would love to say we do nothing [in the transfer
market] because we're only happy, but we have this issue and that's why we
look into what's possible.'


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Lukaku an option for FA Cup tie

08 Jan 2022


He is not making the choice until matchday but Thomas Tuchel confirmed in
advance that Romelu Lukaku is in his thinking for his starting 11 to take
on Chesterfield in the FA Cup.


https://i.imgur.com/SSfhjzj.jpg


The Blues host the non-league side at Stamford Bridge later today and it
is the first game since the centre-forward was restored to the team and
played 90 minutes against Tottenham, following his omission altogether
against Liverpool last weekend.


'Every game is a game for Romelu to start but we will take the decision in
the morning - he is an option to start again,' declared Tuchel ahead of
Friday's final training for the match.


'We need to see how the reaction was to the 90 minutes he played because
it was very intense when we saw the data for him and the effort, which was
very, very good. I will have a chat with him [Lukaku], a chat with the
fitness guys and then we will decide.'


The everchanging Covid and injury numbers Tuchel has faced in the past few
weeks has been a huge challenge and our head coach suggests the FA Cup may
mean a chance for Academy players once again, as there has been in recent
Carabao Cup games.


'It's complicated and if we have a cup game in our schedule right now it
is a chance for youth players to be part of the squad, to get some
minutes, but overall we want to be competitive,' he adds.


'The main objective is not resting players, the main objective is to be
competitive and have a chance to win. It will stay like this no matter how
complicated the situation is, which is complicated enough. Over the last
weeks it's getting very difficult to adapt at short notice.


https://i.imgur.com/TAK0GiJ.jpg
Academy attacking midfielder Harvey Vale made his second appearance
midweek against Spurs


'It might sound maybe like an excuse, which it is not, we just try to
explain where we are and where we come from and what we all demand of
ourselves. On matchday we will always be there to prepare the team to win,
we will demand the highest from ourselves to reach 100 per cent on this
particular day.


'If we miss important players we have to find 100 per cent in a different
style or in a different manner.'

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