The future for Chelsea Football Club is all rather uncertain right now. After being owned by Roman Abramovich for the last 20-years, things are about to change.
And who knows, maybe things might change for the better, or maybe they might change for the worst. But one thing for sure is that there will never be another owner like Abramovich, and the spending we have seen under him at Chelsea is very unlikely to be mirrored by the new owners to the same scale, at least not this summer anyway.
They already face a race against time to get their ownership fully confirmed and their feet under the table, right before the summer transfer window opens.
And Thomas Tuchel has been speaking about the harsh reality of a ‘very demanding summer’ coming up with the huge task already to replace both Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.
“It can be complex enough if you lose a player like Toni and maybe lose another player like Andreas with that kind of quality, and both of them for free,” Tuchel said on the two defenders via The Telegraph.
“It can be demanding enough even if everything else stays in place. So with this in question it can be a very, very demanding summer, but I just want to be positive about it and stick to the things we can influence.
“(Normally) we would have some targets and we would have for sure contacted some players and found out about their situations. Of course, now our hands are tied. We can still have the talks inside the building, but we cannot act.
“The situation is not ideal. It would be challenging enough with a stable situation. We don’t have that and we try to show our commitment, our passion for it and this is maybe very important for me to give this message: I’m committed, I’m looking forward to it and I’m passionate about it.
“And as soon as we can act, we will try to act and turn things around and make it from a disadvantage, maybe an advantage. However, I don’t have the solution right now but we will try to stay positive about it.
“I also think it is not possible that a new owner comes in and hands over and says ‘here go wild, here is £250million go and spend it’. There is still faith in the people who take care of it from our side and we try to be prepared behind the scenes so that if we get a green light to act that we are ready and share our views on the team.”