The battle continues between Thomas Tuchel and FC Barcelona. Enraged against the Catalan club, the 48-year-old German coach wants to play a bad trick on Barça in the César Azpilicueta case. After three friendlies in the United States, the 32-year-old Spanish international defender was on the bench during this tour. He came on for the 2-1 victory against Club America, then took the bench for the loss against Charlotte FC (1-1 – 5-3 on pens) and played 45 minutes in the the debacle against Arsenal (4-0).
With a last friendly match against Udinese on July 29, the Blues returned to London. Thomas Tuchel does not want to facilitate the potential departure of his right side. And the German will definitely play him against the Italian club. After 10 seasons in London, César Azpilicueta really wants to leave Chelsea.
Tuchel has it bad
But his coach will not let his former captain go at any price. What endangers the potential transfer of the Spanish player to Barça, according to Sports world, who sees here a revenge of the German. We recall that earlier this summer, the Barcelonans had already grilled the Blues on the Raphinha file, and the former Parisian tactician is therefore a little fed up …
On his side, Sport reveals quite similar information, but concerning Marcos Alonso. Angry because of the Koundé file, London leaders are also blocking negotiations for the Spanish left side, a goal of Barça and Xavi for months already. Barça will therefore probably recover the Sevillian defender, but will have to go shopping elsewhere than at Chelsea for their other positions to be reinforced …
