Everything changed the second Thomas Tuchel arrived at Chelsea. The Champions League finalist, the DFB-Pokal winner and the most sought-after manager in European football had landed the Chelsea job replacing Frank Lampard.
For context, Lampard had guided Chelsea through a transfer ban, into the top 4, into the last 16 of the Champions League and to an FA Cup final. He was sacked in what was his first blip in management and the entire reset of the Chelsea managerial merry-go round was over.
Chelsea fans had proudly sung about having ‘Tomori at the back and Tammy in attack’ we loved the fact that the jewels in our crown had come straight outta Cobham.