“I can force nobody” Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel sends message to next Chelsea owners following Reece James and Mason Mount query

“I can force nobody” Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel sends message to next Chelsea owners following Reece James and Mason Mount query

As the club continues its hunt for a new owner, Thomas Tuchel has intimated that the club’s academy system would require additional investment in the future.

The last bid deadline was Thursday, with three interested parties competing to buy the club from Roman Abramovich.

The Blues academy has had tremendous success in recent years. Reece James, Mason Mount, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, and others have all progressed through Cobham’s academy system and are now first-team regulars.

The academy’s work since Abramovich came over has been critical, and the next owners must emulate what he has done.

Tuchel was questioned on Friday morning whether it was vital for the club’s new owner to understand the importance of the academy system.

He replied: “I can force nobody to do what from my point is necessary. Chelsea academy is a big part of this club and is a huge investment of Roman Abramovich, and the women are as well.

“Chelsea is much more than only the first team, so I can only think everybody sees that and takes care of it in hopefully the same way. I think there is a lot of other investment needed, and me personally, I think it is worth it, and I think the board will tell anybody who buys this club the same thing.”

Trevoh Chalobah, Mount, and James’ success, in particular, can now be considered as a model for others at the academy with similar ambitions. 

Tuchel reacted to a question about the rise of Mount, Chalobah, James, and Loftus-Cheek as follows: “I hope for them [the new owners] it is as important as it is for us and the supporters,” Tuchel said on new owners realising the significance of the younger players coming through at the club.

“It’s what makes any team special. In football, if you have a mix between players from abroad and players from the academy, rely on that kind of academy.

“I didn’t know Neil [Bath], who runs the academy until I came here. Once you know him and once you feel the passion, he talks about what he is doing, the future, and you understand what is going on.

“You need five minutes to understand there is something special going on. He has been doing a fantastic job for decades, and he is already thinking about the next ten years and not only about the guys who are here.

“It is very, very impressive. All the players, yesterday we had some players form the Under-18s training with us, and all the players are very well behaved, very humble, hard-working and with a good attitude. Not too shy but humble, nice guys, and always very, very quickly on a level where they can train with us, and this is the first step.”

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“I can force nobody” Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel sends message to next Chelsea owners following Reece James and Mason Mount query