There is very little Thomas Tuchel can do at this moment in time but wait. Until the club is sold by Roman Abramovich and free of sanctions placed upon the Russian by the UK government, Chelsea can't plan in earnest for the summer transfer window. And that will leave them playing catch up, something the Blues head coach has admitted.
"We would have some targets and we would have for sure contacted some players and found out about their situations," the German coach explained last week. “Of course, now our hands are tied. We can still have the talks inside the building, but we cannot act. The situation is not ideal.
"It would be challenging enough with a stable situation. We don’t have that and we try to show our commitment, our passion, and this is maybe very important for me to give this message: I’m committed, I’m looking forward to it, and I’m passionate about it. And as soon as we can act, we will try to act and turn things around and make it from a disadvantage to maybe an advantage.
