https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/04/01/ tuchel-press-conference-and-team-news-ahead-of-brentford Tuchel updates on summer plans for quartet 01 Apr 2022 Thomas Tuchel has acknowledged that Chelsea cannot start making plans for next season amid the ongoing uncertainty around the club's ownership, though he has provided the latest update on the future of four players… https://i.imgur.com/9RxX3Qa.jpg The Blues boss admitted that inability to think too far ahead could be beneficial to him and his players in the coming weeks as we begin a run of seven matches in three competitions across 23 days with a Premier League derby against Brentford tomorrow. Speaking at his customary pre-match media conference from the press room at Cobham, Tuchel discussed the futures of captain Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen, as well as reiterating his belief that Romelu Lukaku has a significant role to play in his attack. However, the Chelsea head coach started by reflecting on the difficulty of forward planning in light of club sanctions and the imminent change of ownership. 'It's hard to guess how much of a disadvantage it is so that's why we don't do it,' he said. 'We focus on what we have right now and our next matches so maybe it's also an advantage that we cannot get distracted and we deal with the disadvantage later when hopefully things are clear.' An appearance-related clause triggering an extension to Azpilicueta's contract has been in the news and was a subject Tuchel discussed. 'I knew it was going to happen because I knew the amount of games when it's going to happen and it was so close,' he revealed. 'It's a good thing. We were aware of it and it's good news for us. We have a contract and he's our captain so there's a very high probability that he will stay. https://i.imgur.com/PdHkBNv.jpg Azpi back in training at Cobham this week after the international break 'I knew all the time that this was very likely to happen because he's a regular starter for us and I knew the amount of games we needed to make him stay and to extend his contract, so that's why I'm very happy. 'You know how much I rely on him and how much of an impact he has in this group and in this club so it's very good news for us.' The recent international break left a void of domestic action which was predictably filled with plenty of transfer speculation. Rudiger's future remains the subject of much rumour and Tuchel was asked whether he is concerned at reports of his compatriot's agent meeting representatives from Barcelona. 'If it's true, yeah of course,' he answered. 'I would try to meet him if I was any other club but still he's our player and I still think we have a good chance that he stays our player once things are solved for us. 'The situation is the situation at the moment and our hands are tied. We cannot speak to him, we cannot offer him, we cannot negotiate with him and his agent, so fair enough if it's true he listens to other offers. That's the way things go but I'm still confident.' Meanwhile, at the other end of the pitch, Lukaku has started our past three Premier League games as a substitute and Tuchel conceded that his number nine clearly wants to be playing more. However, he insisted the Belgian still had a big role to play in the final two months of the campaign as Chelsea continue the fight in two cup competitions as well as the league. 'The situation at the moment is that we cannot talk to players,' Tuchel said of speculation about his striker's summer plans. 'We cannot sell and cannot buy so we don't even need to think about it because these are the players that we have. https://i.imgur.com/0yS5IF5.jpg Lukaku opened the scoring in our recent FA Cup win at Middlesbrough 'Romelu still plays a big part in our plans, not the part maybe that he wants to play and I totally understand that but he used his time off to disconnect a little bit. He had one week of holiday and then was back with us. I feel him very motivated and strong in training. He is a winner, he will stay a winner and he will stay important for us. 'He had a good match in Middlesbrough [last time out in the FA Cup] which was a huge boost for all of us and for him personally. There is no space now for bad mood or disappointment. There are a lot of matches coming in the decisive weeks of the season and that's why there's no space for second thoughts or for being distracted. We have to focus and we need every single player.' Finally, Tuchel was asked about reports linking Christensen with a summer switch to Barcelona. 'We heard the same rumours but I have no confirmation as I did not speak to Andreas about it at the moment,' replied the boss. -- 當我漫遊在斯坦弗森林時，我看見了雀爾西，米爾斯的女兒，在傍晚初升的明月中， 在泰晤士河旁一處林地空間上翩然舞蹈。所有痛苦的記憶都離開了我，我像落入迷離 幻境中一般，因為雀爾西是伊露維塔兒女中最美的一位。她身上那襲藍色的衣裳宛如 萬里無雲的晴空，她灰色的眼睛像是傍晚群星閃爍的天空；她的斗篷上繡著金色的花 朵，她的頭髮漆黑如暮色中的陰影。她的榮光與美好，就像樹葉上的光芒，像是潺潺 流水，像是這迷離世界上方閃爍的繁星；她臉上有閃亮的光輝。 --

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