Thomas Tuchel must avoid repeating Reece James mistake as crucial £300m Chelsea decision awaits

Thomas Tuchel knows how much work needs to be done at Chelsea over the summer, having admitted as much in the final press conference of the season at Stamford Bridge.

"There are too many things to clarify and give an opinion," Tuchel said when revealing he had no time to go on holiday. "Of course, nowadays, you can have meetings on Zoom so it's not necessary to do everything in person. The first days I will be here anyway and around because my children are in school, so it will start with a bit of a delay to the holidays."

Tuchel will have a chance to reflect on a very long and draining 63-game season. One that felt even longer due to the uncertainty over a change in ownership, several gruelling runs, and devastating defeats in cup finals.

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Tuchel is beloved amongst supporters, that became even clearer during the weeks after the club was impacted by sanctions imposed on Roman Abramovich. Even with some frustrations over performances and results in the remaining weeks of the season, the majority are fully behind the German and believe that with the right recruitment, he can vastly improve the Blues in the coming years should he remain in the dugout.

Though for all of Tuchel's strengths, there are a couple of flaws to improve upon. And myself and colleague Adam Newson are here to go through two changes that need to be made before the start of next season.

Take Risks (and stop playing Reece at RCB)

As clear as the need for attacking improvement is next season, part of what underlines that is the need for Thomas Tuchel to be braver and take more risks within games. This is not only linked to the attackers, it also relates to