Thomas Tuchel admits he doesn’t want the Spaniard to leave, but he could also leave amid ongoing negotiations.
A little about the topic
The Chelsea manager has been transparent about the future of his Blues captain Cesar Azpilicueta, who is a transfer target for Barcelona. The Spanish giants are ready to offer the Spanish footballer a two-year contract with an option for an additional season. A clause in his contract meant that the defender’s deal with Chelsea was renewed after hitting a number of appearances, but the club remained in dialogue about releasing him after 10 years of service.
What did Thomas say about Cesar Azpilicueta?
The Chelsea head coach admitted to reporters that they had a lot of these negotiations, because very sincerely there was a feeling that Cesar Azpilicueta won everything after the Club World Cup, then suddenly, given his personal situation, Thomas can understand these thoughts, that maybe , the loop at its end. According to Thomas Tuchel, then it was a change of ownership and Cesar only played under this owner, in this structure, so it may have increased even his second thoughts about his position.
Then his extension at the same time, and Azpilicueta loves the club, he loves the challenge, he loves being here and he is their captain. So according to Thomas, they are still in dialogue and at some point, they are also selfish, they are not responsible for solving any problems of another club or for fulfilling the desires of any other club. Given that they are already losing key defenders, this is not an ideal scenario to think about losing Cesar, even if Tuchel could understand his personal point of view.
“At some point, if you are the legend that he is, you deserve maybe also from me and from the club, a second look at this, is there maybe an exception to the rule, and we are still in the process “Tuchel said. If Cesar Azpilicueta can’t get rid of this feeling, if they have to talk about it openly, seriously and respectfully because he deserves it – they will find out if he can give everything that makes him special.
Tuchel thinks that with all due respect, Cesar can only be special if he’s 100% committed to it and doesn’t have one second little voice in his head, not one worry in his head that he had to do something -other. Azpilicueta is only the guy that he is, only if he is fully committed, because that is his foundation.
Thomas says this is what they need to find out. This does not mean that they will find out tomorrow or today, they still have time, because they are also in a privileged position where they have a contract. We must see. Adding that he still hopes to convince him to stay, the blue boss said that he would really hope Cesar knows it, he knows it. They are still in negotiations to find the perfect solution.