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Row over signing Cristiano Ronaldo and constant blame game led to Todd Boehly axing Thomas Tuchel

Wednesday marked 100 days of the new era at Chelsea, following their takeover by the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital consortium. Tuesday night was Thomas Tuchel’s 100th game in charge of the club.

Due to very different reasons neither will forget the landmarks in a hurry. For Boehly and Co the century will be remembered for how it coincided with their first ever Chelsea sacking.

For Tuchel a ton of games in charge was where his Chelsea reign came to a seemingly abrupt end.

The ruthless nature of it - just seven competitive games into this season and their reign, a sacking delivered face-to-face yesterday morning and described as ‘a quick one’ - coming just hours after Chelsea’s shock Champions League defeat at Dinamo Zagreb, may appear premature.