Thomas Tuchel has an £190m Manchester United dilemma as Chelsea aim to avoid Arsenal repeat

It is quite staggering that when Chelsea last won at Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson was still in the Manchester United dugout, Frank Lampard had not become the club's highest goalscorer, and Yossi Benayoun was in the matchday squad.

Given the history of both clubs in the nine years since, Chelsea has found winning at United an insurmountable hurdle even when heavy favourites during the two title-winning seasons in 2014/15 and 2016/17. Although United may appear a mess structurally and woefully out of form, when you widen the Blues' Premier League form home and away against their next opponent, it increases concern.

The last league win came in November 2017 at Stamford Bridge with a rare Alvaro Morata winner. To express how much has happened since then, the two coaches on the touchline that day, Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho, have gone on to manage Spurs.

Thomas Tuchel has £190m dilemma ahead of Chelsea's dangerous Manchester United test

All of that history, combined with Chelsea's recent display against another out of form side, Arsenal sparks concern that a banana skin might be around the corner again as Thomas Tuchel faces more selection dilemmas after Sunday's win over West Ham.

Tuchel confirmed in his press conference that Mateo Kovacic, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ben Chilwell are out of tomorrow's game. Reece James and Antonio Rudiger are set to train again today, and if they come through that alright, they'll travel with the Chelsea squad to face Man United.

Tuchel probably knows that even if Chelsea cannot confirm Champions League qualification on Thursday mathematically, a win would take his team within four points of it with five games left, a great position to be in. Manchester United under Ralf Rangnick has