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Chelsea Fires Thomas Tuchel

Six days after spending more in a single transfer window than any club in history, Chelsea fired its coach, Thomas Tuchel.

Chelsea fired Thomas Tuchel six games into the Premier League season, and one day after his team opened its Champions League campaign with a loss to Dinamo Zagreb.Credit...Peter Cziborra/Action Images Via Reuters

Six days after drawing the curtain on a transfer window in which it spent more money than any Premier League club in history — lavishing more than $300 million on a swath of new players in just a couple of months — Chelsea has fired its coach, Thomas Tuchel, the man tasked with crafting a team from those disparate, costly parts.