Sir Martin Broughton reveals he would NOT have sacked Thomas Tuchel if he was picked to buy Chelsea
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Chelsea Alternate Reality: Todd Boehly’s bid rival Sir Martin Broughton reveals how he would have run the club: without sacking Thomas Tuchel, without spending £600m… and cutting player numbers!
- Sir Martin Broughton has discussed the changes he would have made at Chelsea
- Former Liverpool boss expected to take over before Todd Boehly was chosen
- He said he would not have fired Thomas Tuchel or spent as much as Boehly
Former Chelsea bidder Sir Martin Broughton has revealed the changes he would have made if he had taken over the club from Todd Boehly, claiming he would have stayed with Thomas Tuchel and not spent as much money.
Chelsea have had a whirlwind in the first seven months under new owner Boehly, who wasted no time getting going at Stamford Bridge by sacking German boss Tuchel after a poor start to the season, signing Graham Potter and overseeing a spending of £600 million in both. windows
But Broughton, who was in the race to buy the Blues after Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club following government sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has described how his reign would have been different than from Boehly.
Broughton made it to the final group of potential owners hoping to take over, but American Boehly and its Clearlake Capital-led consortium were ultimately chosen to purchase the club.
“It would have been different,” he said. talk sport. ‘It’s actually quite hard to say how different. We certainly wouldn’t have been looking for Tommy Tuchel’s way out, but once you step inside, you might find you’re looking for it. Once you’re inside, things may look different from the outside.
Sir Martin Broughton has revealed what changes he would have made at Chelsea if he had been chosen to take charge instead of Todd Boehly.
Former Liverpool boss insists his team would not have sought to sack Thomas Tuchel
Boehly’s spending has also gained a lot of scrutiny after spending on 16 new players, including two loans, and some fear the new additions have hit the squad with arrivals yet to be consolidated.
Raheem Sterling was signed from Man City for £50m, while Marc Cucurella joined from Brighton for £65m, with Boehly also clearing a £70m buy of Wesley Fofana from Leicester and Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli for £34 million.
Pierre-Emerick Aubmaeyang was also signed by Barcelona for £10m despite being 33, and the striker now looks set to leave Stamford Bridge after just one league goal and being left out of his league squad. Champions League.
Boehly didn’t stop there in January: he added Mykhailo Mudryk for £88m, PSV’s Noni Madeuke for £26m, Monaco’s Benoit Badiashile for £35m and Benfica’s Enzo Fernandez for a £106m British transfer fee.
Boehly has spent around £600m on new signings this season, including Myhkailo Mudryk (L) and Enzo Fernandes (R), but Broughton claims his group wouldn’t have spent as much
Broughton says Graham Potter has a tough job ensuring all his newcomers can fit in
Chelsea have also failed to deepen up front despite still lacking a recognized centre-forward after letting Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner go on loan, and Broughton says while his group would have invested, they wouldn’t have committed to the move. same disbursement.
He also suggested that he might have considered reducing the team’s numbers, saying that Potter has an “extraordinarily difficult job” of balancing his wealth of talent.
“I can’t believe for a minute that we would have spent so much money,” he added. “We would have liked to invest in the team, that was a precondition as far as I was concerned.
“Personally, I think it’s an extraordinarily difficult job for Graham Potter to deal with all these new people on the team.
“You can bring in one or two new players – you start to bring in seven and then another seven in the middle of the season, it’s hard to get the right mix.”