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.