Tottenham also had a successful summer transfer window, spending $ 120 million to recruit striker Richarlison, midfielders Yves Bissouma, Ivan Perisic, defenders Djed Spence, Clement Lenglet and goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
“Tottenham have taken very good advantage of the situation to strengthen their forces.
It looked like they were ahead of Chelsea from the start of the race. But that doesn’t mean they’re going to win the whole race,” Tuchel said on Aug.
13 at a press conference ahead of the Premier League round 2 match.
According to the German coach, Chelsea will have to try to find solutions to reach the highest level and win the derby with Tottenham, in order to create momentum for the next stage.
“Early games like this can also be helpful, when it comes to helping to motivate the players,” Tuchel added.
After taking over Chelsea, billionaire Todd Boehly restructured the board. Marina Granovskaia, a senior assistant under billionaire Roman Abramovich, and Petr Cech, a technical and performance adviser, left the club.
Boehly took over as interim Athletic Director and signed three rookies from the start of the summer, namely Kalidou Koulibaly, Raheem Sterling and Marc Cucurella.
They had previously targeted Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Jules Kounde and Ousmane Dembele, but failed.
Chelsea, on the other hand, parted ways with Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger on free transfers, and are likely to lose Marcos Alonso to Barca.