Tuchel defends Chelsea owner Boehly amid Gary Neville's criticism
Earlier the former Manchester United fullback criticized Chelsea's new owner for acting "panicky" in the transfer market, claiming Todd Boehly "wants to play Football Manager" instead of managing Chelsea.
’s club signed Napoli’s prolific centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly and the England international
Raheem Sterlingwhile they missed on their key targets, the new Barcelona pair Jules Kounde and Leeds United this transfer window.
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Sky Sportspundit, Gary Neville said about Boehly on
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"He's reacting to clubs and what they are doing. You hear his name too much, he's too prominent."
responded quickly when he was asked about Neville's comments. He told his press conference ahead of
the BluesPremier League opener against Everton on Saturday:
"Panicking? No, I would describe it as super hard-working and learning while on the job.
"The transfer market is one of the toughest things you can do when you come from outside, but I have nothing but the biggest respect and compliments for both Todd and Behdad [Eghbali, co-owner].
"I don't know when they sleep, I think maybe they never sleep. But we have a very honest, very open, very direct line of communication and the transfers so far speak for itself.
"We have a delay, of course nobody is guilty for that delay. We have a delay because of the sanctions [against the club when Roman Abramovich was owner], and the sanctions led to the loss of key players.
"But both of the owners who are involved in the daily business have done a fantastic job so far."
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