Chelsea boss aware that Christensen may join Barcelona

Thomas Tuchel

is aware that

Andreas Christensen

may depart

as speculations are raising about

’s interest in the player.

The Blues boss revealed that Christensen might have already made a decision to depart the club to take on a new challenge when the season is over but he was clear about how he wants to retain the 25-year-old’s services.

Reports claim that the Denmark defender is close to agree terms with the Blaugrana.

Tuchel talked about the player’s future in a press conference before their battle against Norwich City in the Premier League, saying:

"It's in doubt, no?

"We hear the rumours and the situation with Andreas has clear for many weeks and we are not happy about it, because we think that it's best for him to stay and we rely heavily on him.

"He did not sign yet, so you cannot not communicate. This is also a signal to us and communication from his side is that he did not sign until now, so we have to consider the possibility that he leaves us.

"Will we like it? No. Will we live with it? Yes. Things are not personal [and] never should be personal, but this can happen and I have no further information."

Tuchel also said that Reece James may not be available for their trip to Carrow Road due to a muscle injury he sustained during their thumping 4-0 victory over

on Saturday.

The right-back has just come back from injury and met the back of the net, contributing an assist at Turf Moor before Mateo Kovacic replaced him in the 70th minute.

"

Reece James has a bit of a muscular problem after his last three matches,"

Tuchel said. 

"Not in his injured leg, the other leg. We thought he could be on the [training] pitch today but he couldn't so we need further examinations to see what is going on.

"He felt it during the match so that's why we took him out and it didn't get better. It's obvious what he can give to our team, so not good news at the moment."

Tuchel is proud of the manner in which his players have gone about their business amid uncertainty at Stamford Bridge following Roman Abramovich's decision to sell the club.

"To have clarity is always better than to have uncertainty, but I have to say we produced performances and we produced results in times of global uncertainty and also club-wise uncertainties, that makes us proud," he said.

"It shows we can trust in ourselves and gives us a lot of trust in the culture of the club and here at Cobham. At the moment I have absolutely no more information than you have [on the sale], for sure."

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