Friendly fire from Chelsea’s furious Thomas Tuchel, but elsewhere Grealish and Haaland are cooking – The Warm-Up

MONDAY’S BIG STORIES Friendly fire Ad/> In the debate that rumbles on over how much pre-season actually matters, it seems fair to say it can be quite significant when your head coach blows up two weeks before the Premier League season gets going. TransfersTottenham confirm signing of Spence from Middlesbrough19/07/2022 AT 08:35 «I am far from relaxed,» said Thomas Tuchel, evidently not enjoying his time in USA after his Chelsea side lost 4-0 to Arsenal in Florida on Saturday. «We were simply not good enough.

We were simply not competitive. The worrying part is that the level of commitment physically and mentally for this match was far higher for Arsenal than for us. »They played I think what is their strongest line-up and structure that you see now for several weeks.

This was the line-up they will try to start for Premier League games. «It was surely not our strongest line-up. This is a part of an explanation but only a little part and the other part is worrying.

I cannot guarantee we will be ready in two weeks.» That last admission will worry Chelsea fans, who may fear their side are undercooked heading into the actual campaign despite signing Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly. More needs to be done in the transfer market at Chelsea, and having lost Romelu Lukaku, and having also watched Gabriel Jesus score against them to continue his impressive pre-season at Arsenal, there is a cause for concern. Chelsea consider Kimpembe switch as Barcelona prepare Kounde offer — Paper Round ‘A whole different team’ — Sancho hails ‘positive’ Ten Hag impact at Old Trafford 'A bit disrespectful' — Tottenham boss Conte hits out at Bayern Munich over Kane pursuit That opening Saturday evening match at Everton on August 6 is suddenly