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Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is confident the club's new owners will demand glory as the 'huge amount of money' is about 'challenging at the highest level'

Thomas Tuchel says he is confident Chelsea’s next owners will be serious about winning and not just in it for profit.

The deadline set by merchant bank Raine to lodge bids to buy the club from Roman Abramovich passed on Friday night with the asking price about £2.5billion.

‘It is a huge amount of money and that’s why I am confident,’ said Chelsea’s head coach Tuchel. ‘If somebody buys a club for this kind of money, it’s about challenging at the highest level, winning and being the best you can.

Thomas Tuchel says he is confident Chelseau2019s next owners will be serious about winning

‘It’s not about developing a project.