Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has handed Everton a huge boost ahead of the Premier League opener between the two sides this weekend.
The Blues spent two weeks in the United States where they beat Club America before losing to Charlotte FC and Arsenal and then rounded off their pre-season with a trip to Italy where they beat Udinese on Friday. Tuchel and his squad now have the rest of this week to prepare for their trip to Goodison Park to kick off their 2022/2023 campaign.
It has been a summer of change at Stamford Bridge, with Todd Boehly’s takeover of the club the catalyst for the departure of Romelu Lukaku – on loan to Inter Milan – and the arrivals of Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly. But Tuchel has handed Everton a huge boost ahead of the tie by providing a concerning diagnosis of his squad’s problems during an ‘exhausting’ tour across the pond, adding that they are ‘not ready’ for this weekend’s trip to Merseyside.
