"We will absolutely focus on our strengths and the qualities that we absolutely have and build a team that nobody wants to play against." Thomas Tuchel's words after his first Chelsea match almost exactly 18 months ago still ring true. The Blues are further down the line than they were after a 0-0 draw against Wolves, but the same principles apply.
Since then, Tuchel has had to make do with what he inherited. A squad of ageing players, a fractured changing room. His determination to "hurt everybody in every league and competition" straight away was vital to the kickstart to his position that he had. Trying to "bring evidence of that as fast as possible" helped Chelsea to a previously impossible Champions League triumph.
Along that path though and Chelsea have become a moulded team, Tuchel now wants to undo that in a sense. He has had to let go of key defensive stalwarts Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen, Cesar Azpilicueta could shortly follow, and if Marcos Alonso left then only N'Golo Kante would have won the Premier League with Chelsea.
