StillBluessinceHydeRoad
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All the discussion in the press is of whether Frank deserved more time to build the team and club he wanted. This ignores the fact that this is not the language Abramovich speaks. He is not like Sheikh Mansour whose aim is to build a successful club which offers opportunities and develops talent: Abramovich simply wants to win and managers will only keep their job until they stop winning. Abramovich will back them with cash while they offer the real chance of success but he'll ditch them ruthlessly when that success appears unlikely. Scolari, a world cup winner, lasted nowhere near as long as Frank. Mourinho lasted only as long as the trophies kept rolling in. Frank's vision of a club actually building a successful future based on the club's youth system plus talented (and expensive) imports always looked too long term for Abramovich and so it proved.
And so Tuchel looks the successor. There are already questions as to whether he is too prickly for the owner. Abramovich will tolerate that, provided he succeeds. I suspect if Tuchel gets top 4 he'll get a second season, especially if he can reach a cup final. If he doesn't his stay in west London may be very short lived. And if Chelsea cannot give him the finance they gave Frank, Tuchel will have to win with someone else's squad, a squad with very little confidence or unity.
And so Tuchel looks the successor. There are already questions as to whether he is too prickly for the owner. Abramovich will tolerate that, provided he succeeds. I suspect if Tuchel gets top 4 he'll get a second season, especially if he can reach a cup final. If he doesn't his stay in west London may be very short lived. And if Chelsea cannot give him the finance they gave Frank, Tuchel will have to win with someone else's squad, a squad with very little confidence or unity.
