‘No One Wants To Touch It’: Thomas Tuchel Says Chelsea Players Fear The Curse Of The No. 9 Shirt

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Lukaku was the last to wear the shirt subsequent to getting back to Chelsea for a club-record charge of 97.5 million pounds ($117.69 million) however after one dull season he rejoined Serie A side Inter Milan

Chelsea chief Thomas Tuchel said the No. 9 shirt had not been left accessible in front of an expected marking, but since it was believed to be reviled after a few players who wore it didn’t make an imprint at the London club, he said on Friday.

Lukaku was the last to wear the shirt in the wake of getting back to Chelsea for a club-record expense of 97.5 million pounds ($117.69 million) yet after one dreary season he rejoined Serie A side Inter Milan, with whom he won the 2020-2021 scudetto.

A few advances who wore the No. 9 shirt — including Hernan Crespo, Fernando Torres, Radamel Falcao, Gonzalo Higuain and Alvaro Morata — neglected to make an imprint at Chelsea notwithstanding their heavenly history.

Individuals let me know it’s reviled… It’s not true that we leave it open for strategic reasons, Tuchel told journalists.

Shockingly, no one needs to contact it. Every individual who is here longer than me tells me, ‘ah, you know, he had the nine and he didn’t score and he had the nine and did likewise not score’, Tuchel added.

So we now we have a second where no one needs to contact the number nine. I’m additionally odd, I can comprehend the reason why players perhaps don’t contact it and have different inclinations.”

Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been connected with a transition to Chelsea and the No. 9 shirt in the nearby season in spite of the fact that Tuchel stayed unclear about one more marking before the finish of the exchange window.

Perhaps we bring another player, perhaps not… We have choices and yet, we know the number of games that are coming. So we should check whether we can in any case perhaps sign a player,” he added.

Tuchel communicated worries on Friday that players could be impacted a long time when the mid-season World Cup in Qatar, saying the feelings and requests of soccer’s masterpiece competition could leave them depleted.

Chelsea start their association crusade at Everton on Saturday.

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