Chelsea face world record transfer call when Thomas Tuchel receives green light from next owner

There is very little Thomas Tuchel can do at this moment in time but wait. Until the club is sold by Roman Abramovich and free of sanctions placed upon the Russian by the UK government, Chelsea can't plan in earnest for the summer transfer window. And that will leave them playing catch up, something the Blues head coach has admitted.

"We would have some targets and we would have for sure contacted some players and found out about their situations," the German coach explained last week. “Of course, now our hands are tied. We can still have the talks inside the building, but we cannot act. The situation is not ideal.

"It would be challenging enough with a stable situation. We don’t have that and we try to show our commitment, our passion, and this is maybe very important for me to give this message: I’m committed, I’m looking forward to it, and I’m passionate about it. And as soon as we can act, we will try to act and turn things around and make it from a disadvantage to maybe an advantage.

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"I don’t have the solution right now, but we will try to stay positive about it. I also don't think it's possible a new owner comes in and says, ‘here go wild, here is £250million, go spend it'. There is still faith in the people who take care of it from our side and we try to be prepared behind the scenes so that if we get a green light to act that we are ready and share our views on the team.”

There will likely be much work to be done once the green light is given. Chelsea will need to improve their defence with Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger set to walk away at the end of the campaign. Cesar Azpilicueta, despite triggering a