“Listen, listen, listen – you have to stop. I am not a politician. You have to stop, honestly. I can only repeat it [it’s horrible]. And I even feel bad to repeat it because I never experienced war. So even to talk about it, I feel bad because I am very privileged. I sit here in peace, and I do the best I can, but you have to stop asking me these questions. I have no answers for you.”
These are words few of us expected to hear when tuning into the latest Thomas Tuchel press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
Chelsea fans have been accustomed to hearing him give extensive insight into tactical details, references to Benjamin Button and self-deprecating jokes.
