Tuchel Officially Replaces Lampard, Directly Leading Chelsea Training At Cobham

Thomas Tuchel (Twitter @chelsea)

JAKARTA - Chelsea on Wednesday morning Indonesian Western Time (WIB) officially announced that they had proposed Thomas Tuchel as the new manager of the London club, following Frank Lampard's dismissal the day before.

Tuchel was given an 18-month work contract with an extension option that was in the hands of Chelsea. Upon arrival in London, Tuchel immediately led Chelsea's training session at Cobham.

Thomas Tuchel is 🔵 and 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 to work at Cobham! #WelcomeTuchel pic.twitter.com/kJDDzDPfYq

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"I thank Chelsea for their trust in me and the staff," said Tuchel, quoted by Antara from the official Chelsea website.

Wasting no time. 👊 #WelcomeTuchel pic.twitter.com/d69Z8ankVS

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"I respect Frank Lampard's work and legacy at Chelsea. At the same time, I look forward to meeting the members of the team and competing in this most exciting football league," he added.

Tuchel arrived at Stamford Bridge with a track record of leading Paris Saint-Germain to sweep the French domestic title last season, but his tenure in the French capital ended due to an unconvincing start to the season a month ago.

Overall at PSG won two French League titles, a French Cup trophy and a French League Cup trophy and finished runners-up in the Champions League last season.

Prior to PSG, Tuchel spent two seasons with Borussia Dortmund where he won the 2016/17 DFB Pokal Cup and brought FSV Mainz to appear in the Europa League.

Welcome to Chelsea, Thomas Tuchel! ✍️🔵 #WelcomeTuchel

- Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 26, 2021

At Chelsea, Tuchel had a small reunion with his former Dortmund player, Christian Pulisic, and his former PSG captain, Thiago Silva.

Tuchel will make his debut alongside Chelsea when the Blues host Wolverhampton on Wednesday local time (Thursday WIB).

The 47-year-old coach is clearly required to have an instant impact on changing Chelsea's performance, given that Roman Abramovich's club does not know the word patience in their dictionary and is quite diligent about changing coaches.