Thomas Tuchel faces an anxious wait to see if he can fly out to join Chelsea’s Club World Cup campaign after testing positive for Covid-19.
The German was forced to miss the Blues FA Cup fourth-round clash with Plymouth. First-team coaches Arno Michels and Zsolt Low took
Chelsea are due to fly out to Abu Dhabi on Saturday night, following the cup tie with Argyle.
Tuchel will not be on that flight, but still hopes to link up with the Blues in due course. Chelsea’s Club World Cup semi-final will be held in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
“Thomas Tuchel has tested positive for Covid-19,” read a Chelsea statement.
“The Chelsea head coach will now follow necessary self-isolation protocols and hopes to join up with the team in Abu Dhabi later next week. The team fly out for the Club World Cup following this afternoon’s FA Cup clash with Plymouth Argyle.”
The Blues manager’s trusted long-term assistants ran the game from the touchline, but Michels revealed the Chelsea bench would keep in touch with Tuchel throughout the match.
“First of all he cannot come today because he tested positive, so he has to follow the government guidelines and restrictions and we will see what happens in the next few days,” Michels told Chelsea’s website.
Chelsea are due to fly out to Abu Dhabi on Saturday night, following the cup tie with Argyle.
Tuchel will not be on that flight, but still hopes to link up with the Blues in due course. Chelsea’s Club World Cup semi-final will be held in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
“Thomas Tuchel has tested positive for Covid-19,” read a Chelsea statement.
“The Chelsea head coach will now follow necessary self-isolation protocols and hopes to join up with the team in Abu Dhabi later next week. The team fly out for the Club World Cup following this afternoon’s FA Cup clash with Plymouth Argyle.”
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Tuchel will be in contact
The Blues manager’s trusted long-term assistants ran the game from the touchline, but Michels revealed the Chelsea bench would keep in touch with Tuchel throughout the match.
“First of all he cannot come today because he tested positive. So he has to follow the government guidelines and restrictions and we will see what happens in the next few days,” Michels told Chelsea’s website.
“He was fully in charge throughout the whole week with the preparation for the game. So he knows exactly what’s going on today. And we will stay in touch with him during the game also, so it’s all good.”
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