Highbury Hillbilly wrote:Zenith wrote:
Wonder what's caused contract talks to collapse. It's not as if Chelsea are in a position where they're able to promise him an easier pathway to the senior team.
Yeah they can. They've promoted Tammy, Tomori, Mount, Reece James and Hudson Odoi in recent years. Tuchel is Dortmund DNA so he isn't asking for every role to be filled with a Galactico.
Meanwhile, Arteta in 2.5 years has used....Nketiah, Saka, ESR and Martinelli,
all Wenger/Emery era seniors. Balogun is going on loan again, Reiss Nelson has no future here. Not surprised some are jumping ship.
That's not a very honest take.
All those Chelsea players you mentioned
also made their debuts during the pre-Tuchel era.
Tuchel wasn't a fan of Abraham and Tomori, hence he requested Granovskaia to sell both players, which reduces your list to just 2 players in James and Mount. 3 players at a stretch if we include CHO. This looks pale in comparison to the minutes Arteta has given to Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Saka, and Nketiah. (Admittedly, the latter to a lesser extent.)
Speaking of galacticos... Tuchel was directly involved in the Lukaku deal, but quickly ostracised him from the squad. Please remind me: when was the last time Arteta instantly destroyed the value of a player he, himself signed for £100m?
Also, Tuchel got sacked in his second season as Dortmund's manager, so why would he have Dortmund DNA?
I've never been a huge Arteta fan, but man, many of you aren't even attempting to be objective. When it's Tuchel it's genius; when it's Arteta it's poor management.