Thomas Tuchel driving a van to drive his players to Lille to play the knockout round of the Champions League on Wednesday?

A priori, we are not there yet for Chelsea, but the club's situation is such that the German coach says he is ready to do anything to honor his team's trips.

Among the restrictions imposed by the British government on the club and its Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, which notably limit its income, is also a limit of 24,000 euros per game to organize the travel of the team when playing at home. outside.

However, the club must go to Lille on Wednesday for a round of 16 second leg of the Champions League.

“According to the latest information I received, we have a plane.

If not, we will go by train, if not, by bus and if not, I will drive a minibus”, he answered a question on this subject.

Tuchel stays until the end of the season

The German didn't want to dwell too much on the extent of the club's difficulties due to the great uncertainty and rapidly changing information.

“We can only wait day after day, because everything can change.

The club is for sale but let's hope it succeeds.

So, (we move forward) day by day, which is a good way to live your life, ”he said.

“There are circumstances over which we have no influence and this gives us the freedom to focus only on those which we can influence”, he added, philosopher.

Tuchel, on the other hand, assured that there was "no doubt" that he would stay at the club "until the end of the season".

"Privileged"

He also recalled that if “attention (was) focused on the first team, (…) Chelsea is much more than just the first team”.

"It's a huge club with a huge tradition and hundreds of employees, not just players, and it's important that we show determination to distract them a little".

Tuchel never missed an opportunity to recall that in this situation, he was "privileged".

“There are loads of people I see daily who are worried.

They have worked for decades but they are not famous and they are worried about the future,” he stressed.

“We see what it means to these people, even if it's only for 90 minutes.

As during the Covid, we play to give these people joy, anger, distraction ”.

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