What can be said without fear of contradiction is that Thomas Tuchel is neither a ‘yes’ man, nor the kind of individual who says what he thinks the world wants to hear.
We discovered that during his time at Chelsea, when Roman Abramovich had been sanctioned by the British Government after his sponsor Vladimir Putin had ordered the invasion of Ukraine, leading some of the club’s fans to drown out a Ukraine tribute at Burnley.
Tuchel called that out as wrong. ‘It is not the moment to give other messages.