Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel, has added his voice on the talks surrounding the club owner, Roman Abramovich, amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
The Chelsea boss admitted that the club is worried about the situation ahead of the League Cup final match set for Sunday, February 26, against Liverpool.
Roman Abramovich was named by the British Labor Member of Parliament, Chris Bryant, in Parliament this week saying that he should no longer own Chelsea, a club he bought in 2003.
“As part of HMG’s Russia strategy aimed at targeting illicit finance and malign activity, Abramovich remains of interest to HMG due to his links to the Russian state and his public association with corrupt activities and practices,” Labor MP Chris Bryant stated.
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Speaking on Friday, February 24, the Blues' boss said that he was aware of the discussions around Roman Abramovich and that it was worrying the team.
“I am aware of all these scenarios and I am aware of all these discussions. At the moment, I would love to take my right not to comment until there is a decision made but we are aware of it and it is distracting us, it’s worrying us.
"To a certain degree I can understand it, to a certain degree I can understand the opinions and the critical opinions towards the club and towards us, who in the end represent the club. I can understand. We cannot fully free ourselves from it. Maybe people also understand that we, myself as a coach or the players, don’t have an insight into what is really going on. As I said, it’s clouding our minds. It’s clouding our excitement towards the final and it brings huge uncertainty, much more to all people and families who are actually in the moment more involved than us.
"Our best wishes, regards, and thoughts are obviously with them, which is absolutely most important. Still, there are so many uncertainties around the situation of our club and of the situation in the UK with scenarios like this that it makes no sense if I comment on it," noted Tuchel.
Chelsea faces Liverpool in the League Cup final on Sunday, February 27, a match that will see Tuchel travel to Wembley for the second time in a final after losing his first to Leicester City in an FA Cup final on November 20, 2021.
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