Chelsea confirm Thomas Tuchel as new manager

Chelsea have named Thomas Tuchel as their new manager after sacking Frank Lampard on Monday.

The 47-year-old has been available since leaving Paris St Germain last month.

It is not yet clear how soon Tuchel could actually take charge of first-team affairs given the need to observe coronavirus protocols upon his arrival.

Tuchel won back-to-back league titles with PSG and took them to the Champions League final only five months ago, when they lost to Bayern Munich.

That was not enough to satisfy the club’s ambitious owners, who replaced him with Mauricio Pochettino.

Prior to his spell in France, Tuchel impressed in his native Germany with Borussia Dortmund following a spell with Mainz.

Tuchel will be familiar with at least two members of the Chelsea squad after he worked with Thiago Silva at PSG and handed Christian Pulisic his chance at Dortmund while the American was still a teenager.

He will also inherit a number of big money upgrades signed in the summer, including Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz, Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech, though arguably only the latter has justified his price tag so far.

Not getting the best out of them perhaps proved fatal for Lampard, who negotiated a transfer ban, introduced several young players and led the team to a fourth-placed finish and an FA Cup final in his first campaign, but could not convince Abramovich he could push on further in his second.