EPL: ‘Madness’ – Michael Owen reacts to sack of Lampard as Chelsea manager

Chelsea will appoint Thomas Tuchel to exchange Frank Lampard as supervisor, after two German managers rejected their advances.

Tuchel, who was sacked by Paris Saint-German final month, has been recognized as the brand new Blues boss.

However, based on The Athletic, the 47-year-old was not the membership’s first-choice.

It’s claimed that former RB Leipzig chief Ralf Rangnick was supplied the interim job final week for 4 months.

The deal would see him via till the tip of the season.

The plan was for Rangnick to then transfer to a special position for subsequent season, however he turned it down as a result of brief size of the deal.

Present Leipzig boss, Julian Nagelsmann, was additionally supplied the position earlier than a deal was struck with Tuchel.

Nonetheless, the negotiations with Nagelsmann “hit a brick wall” and Chelsea finally fast-tracked their talks with Tuchel.

Tuchel solely turned accessible final after he was sacked at Paris Saint-Germain.

He gained back-to-back league titles with PSG, however that was not sufficient to fulfill the membership’s formidable house owners who changed him with Mauricio Pochettino.