Thomas Tuchel cannot allow Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois repeat to derail Champions League legacy

"Good riddance" was just one of the responses to a recent Fabrizio Romano tweet, in which a quote from Barcelona's president Laporta strongly hinted Andreas Christensen has agreed to a summer move, swapping the Fulham Road for the Camp Nou.

This news is by no means a shock, the slow ticking down of his contract since last summer has created a cloud of uncertainty over the squad, with Antonio Rudiger and Cesar Azpilicueta in a similar boat. Back in November, it felt like the Dane was the closest to signing an extension.

But then after a change of agent and an offers rejected, there was a clear switch in tone. That was most emphasised by Thomas Tuchel's own words back in December which effectively hurt the perception of an academy graduate.

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“It is on Andreas to act. How he acts on the pitch, he needs to act off it and walk the talk because he tells us that he loves Chelsea. He tells us that he wants to stay because he is a big part of a big club. I think he is a perfect fit and I think that he is not done here. His career here is, by far, not finished. But, as I said, it’s on him. We want the commitment and hopefully, we get it.”

This quickly inflamed tensions on social media, with many quickly turning on the defender, orchestrating the narrative he was somehow deceiving the club. At worst: a villain. Since there have been suggestions that Christensen should be dropped for the rest of his contract, not even considered for selection given the way he has acted towards the club.

At its most ludicrous, Christensen has been compared to