“It’s not my favourite thing to do and in the long run the focus has to be on coaching because it is why I am here,” admitted Thomas Tuchel when asked about holding more responsibility over Chelsea's transfer strategy this summer.
Since the takeover of Todd Boehly and Clearlake in June, senior figures integral to the club's previously defined transfer process have departed.
Marina Granovskaia who was in charge of the day-to-day running of the club left after a decade of service, and Petr Cech who had landed a hand in several key negotiations to convince players and Tuchel himself of the Chelsea project.
