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Matt Maltby

Piers Morgan demands that Arsenal take advantage of Chelsea's sanction in wild claim

Piers Morgan has ambitiously demanded that Arsenal should attempt to lure Thomas Tuchel away from Chelsea.

The Blues are in turmoil following the dramatic news on Thursday that the club's owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK Government.

The Government has frozen the assets of the Blues chief due to his association to Russian president Vladimir Putin, who launched an invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago.

Chelsea have been granted a special licence to continue operating but under strict conditions to ensure the club - and by extension Abramovich - do not benefit from the generation of any new revenue.

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The club will be subject to a transfer ban and be blocked from negotiating new contracts with current players, after all of Abramovich's UK assets were frozen.

Defenders Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen are all out of contract at the end of the season, leaving the senior trio in a state of short-term limbo.

Indeed, questions have also been raised over the future of manager Tuchel - and avid Arsenal fan Morgan reckons his side should consider bringing him to the Emirates.

The former Good Morning Britain presenter tweeted on Friday morning: "Arsenal should break the bank for Thomas Tuchel. We won’t, but we should."

It is undoubtedly an ambitious proposal by Morgan, given that Mikel Arteta is impressing at Arsenal and Tuchel remains content at Chelsea - for now.

The German manager didn't shy away from his media duties on Thursday night after guiding Chelsea to a 3-1 win at Norwich.

Thomas Tuchel faces an uncertain future as Chelsea manager (REUTERS)

Speaking about Chelsea's current predicament, Tuchel said: "Let's see if it stays like this. If it does, I don't know. We take it day by day. I didn't see that coming yesterday and I don't know what is coming tomorrow.

"Everybody can be very sure that we focus on us, to keep the attitude and the mentality right on the training ground and within the team.

"So far we can trust each other and this will not change. As long as we have enough shirts and a bus to drive to the games we will be there and will compete hard."

When asked about the mentality of his players in the build-up to the clash with Norwich, he added: "It would be a lie if I said we I had no doubts but I also had a lot of trust.

"In difficult circumstances we produced a lot of results and good performances so we can trust in our mentality and the culture in the club. We allowed ourselves to focus on the football."

Since Abramovich's original announcement last week regarding the club he has owned since 2003 being put up for sale, a host of parties have signalled their interest in the Champions League winners and this latest development will not prevent a change of ownership.

Mikel Arteta is currently impressing as Arsenal's manager (Action Images via Reuters)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said: "We are now talking to Chelsea Football Club and those conversations will continue. It would be part of those discussions the terms of any specific licence that's granted to allow any sale to proceed.

"The important thing is under no circumstances would any sale allow Roman Abramovich to profit from that or take any money from that sale.

"It's fair to say the Government is open to the sale of the club but currently it would require another licence and that would require further conversation with the Treasury and other departments."

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