Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel has come out to blast the FA after his team’s draw vs Wolves. He recently revealed this at a press conference, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he doesn’t understand why player safety was not prioritised after Chelsea saw their request to postpone the match away at Wolves rejected by the Premier League amid the club’s coronavirus outbreak.
Tuchel added that he is worried for his players from a medical point of view, and he is disappointed with the FA for making things difficult.
His words, “We thought we had a strong case regarding the security and health of players, we have seven positive cases, we were made to be in the bus and travel together for three hours, were in a meeting together, in dinner and lunch and the situation does not feel like it will stop.”
“We applied to not play and put the situation under control and it was rejected. It is very hard to understand it, we are concerned about the health of the players. We end up with players who play coming from injuries and we take the risk.”
“I am worried from a medical point of view, we have had four days of consecutive tests. How will it stop if we are in a bus together and in meetings? We are disappointed, we are a bit angry.”
“I gave my opinion, the club gave its opinion, we talk a lot about safety and protecting the players, not so sure we did this today. On we go.”
“If we have tomorrow and the next test and the next positive I would like to speak to the Premier League about what they expect. If they make us play against Brentford shall we not arrive or not train? What should we do?”
“Everyone is allowed to have an opinion. We had an opinion and the Premier League had an opinion. We agree to disagree.”
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