When Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel hatched a plan to sign Romelu Lukaku for £97.5million in August, it was indicative of the German’s plan to challenge for the Premier League title. But his thinly-veiled criticism of the club’s frontline was particularly damaging for Kai Havertz.
"We need more goals and we rely on anybody and we want to trust anybody who is capable of scoring," he said in April.
"But you just need to read the numbers, our top scorers have six goals. This is clearly not enough for the demands, the expectations and the targets Chelsea football club has and what we demand.”
