SHORT-TERM GOALS
Thomas Tuchel claims he feared Chelsea didn’t trust his managerial abilities after offering him an 18-month contract.
He told Rio Ferdinand on BT Sport: “It was all done in 72 hours.
“At first I didn’t like it, I thought ‘maybe they don’t trust me?’
“‘I have to leave my country, maybe leave my family behind and they are many points behind fourth spot.’
“Maybe we won’t make it which is still possible because it’s a tough race and it will be easy to sack me again.
“But after just a matter of minutes I took the weight off my shoulders.
“I thought ‘if I’m good, if they like what I’m doing they will make me stay.’
“‘If I’m not good, if I dont have good results they will sack me anyway.’
“I can have a five-year contract and they could still sack me so why worry about it?
“Am I convinced about myself? Yes. Am I convinced about this club and team? Yes and yes. So why worry?
“From there on I stepped out of the cycle of thinking and I live a bit easier now. I don’t worry as much.”
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