Thomas Tuchel has questioned the Premier League over owners 'ethics and morals' amid the proposed Saudi Media's Chelsea takeover latest which indicates that something could be in the pipeline.
Tuchel was delighted with his sides character to dig out a 1-0 win over Newcastle in the Premier League amid all the uncertainty surrounding the European and World Champions.
With the news that Roman Abramovich had given the green light to sell Chelsea, coupled with all the updates prior to the game delivered by Petr Cech and Nick Candy respectively, the takeover talk has heated up again.
Other than the typical names of Candy, Todd Boehly, Woody Johnson and the Ricketts family, one consortium that has gone slightly under the radar so far is Saudi Media.
Mohamed Al-Khereiji, the leader of the consortium, has big plans for the club if his bid was to be successful and it seems he is legit with his interest, as already demonstrated by his visibility at Stamford Bridge in the past.
GOAL have reported that 'meetings continued today about the Saudi Media bid, and it has been independently verified by a UK government source.'
More importantly though, the consortium are trying to gain the advantage over Nick Candy and Todd Boehly by not involving anyone from the Saudi government in their bid to takeover Chelsea.
Something that could well determine the fate of the club with it understood that no bids from any politically sensitive countries will be taken account of by the Raine Group who are dealing with the ownership negotiations.
Despite the lack of Saudi government involvement from above in Al-Khereiji's consortium, people have argued that the Middle Eastern Country could soon be added to the 'sensitive' category with a telling statistic that will not go down well with Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
It was reported by the international media that 81 executions took place in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, something that has been used against Eddie Howe and Newcastle's ownership with a blunt response delivered by the Englishman post-match.
"I'm just going to stick to football, I'm still bitterly disappointed about the result," Howe replied.
This damning statistic that highlights humanitarian issues in Saudi Arabia could be an avenue whereby the media and general public criticise Chelsea if the touted Saudi Media were to be successful in their takeover bid.
Even Tuchel himself questioned the 'ethics and morals' of certain Premier League owners after he heard about the worrying death statistic in the Middle Eastern nation.
“At some point we have to trust the process, the process of the league to control who owns a club,” said Chelsea head coach Tuchel. “We are famous employees because we speak into a camera and on TV, but in general we are only employees and need to trust the process.
“Like you need to trust the process when you work for a company doing ethically and morally wrong things. Sometimes we need to ask questions of the process, how this goes. It’s maybe an ongoing process and it will never end, and just reminds us to be aware and conscious about it and not look away.”
The Chelsea manager then added in his post-match press conference regarded the statistic in question: "Wow, that is a big one. Unfortunately, the situation is like this also for the owners of Newcastle and that effects, yes. What can I say? I don't want to point the finger because comparing yourself or blaming others does not make the situation for us a different situation.
"The statement, that we condemn war and the actions from Russia towards Ukraine, there is no doubt. But we're facing the consequences actually at the moment and this is where the focus is. I hope you can understand."
Despite no powerful people being involved in Saudi Media's bid for the club unlike Newcastle whose PIF takeover included Mohammed bin Salman as the chairman of the company, billionaire's coming into the country associated with these human rights exploits could be a move that goes against what Tuchel accepts and believes in 'morally and ethically.'
