Havertz blames Boehly decision for Chelsea's disastrous season

Suraj Radia

• 2 May 2023 13:28 BST
• 2 min read

Kai Havertz believes Chelsea’s season started to go wrong when owner Todd Boehly chose to fire previous manager Thomas Tuchel ‘out of nowhere’.

Tuchel won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021 but was sacked in September last year after a poor start to the season and alleged disagreements with Boehly behind the scenes.

The German was replaced by Graham Potter, who subsequently won just 12 of his 31 games in charge, prompting his sacking and the arrival of Frank Lampard last month.

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Chelsea now sit 12th in the Premier League, just nine points off the relegation zone and in dire form, with Havertz admitting Tuchel’s sudden departure ‘made a difference’ to the squad.

“Everything that can go wrong went wrong for us this year,' Havertz told German publication Kicker. “The season actually started relatively quietly. We had a change of ownership which was a big change for the club.

“And then Tuchel was fired, which of course always makes a difference in a team like this when you've been successful with a coach and he gets fired out of nowhere. Now we have our backs to the wall and are not (doing) very well in the table.”

Chelsea face another turbulent summer with squad in disarray

Chelsea have spent more than £600 million on players since Boehly’s arrival last year but the squad remains woefully unbalanced and devoid of quality in attack.

The Blues have won just four games in 2023 and are on a run of eight games without a win in all competitions, scoring just once in the last seven.

Boehly will be looking for his fourth manager in less than a year this summer, with ex-Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino expected to take over at the end of the season.

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Chelsea also have a bloated squad of more than 30 players and the club will be looking to make a significant number of sales in order to meet Financial Fair Play requirements, meaning it could be another busy and turbulent summer for Pochettino or whichever manager is appointed.