Thomas Tuchel admits Chelsea will have to re-evaluate whether to launch a future move for Sevilla defender Jules Kounde given the situation at centre-back has changed due to Trevoh Chalobah’s impressive form. He has gone on to make ten appearances in all competitions and impressed in the defence, be it on the right of the back three or through the middle.
Thomas Tuchel said: “I think every transfer period you need to evaluate again. You cannot say what we wanted in the summer, we do in the winter. And what we want to do in winter, we want to do the next summer. It is not like this. Your opinion changes, players change, you have evolvement in the group, you have an atmosphere that you build, you see who is absolutely reliable and these connections build up and create something special hopefully in the group. So you cannot say what we tried in the summer did not happen so we will try again for sure in the winter. Sometimes it is like this. If we see the same need, but clearly, Trevoh is now here with us and he deserves to be here with us. It had nothing to do with if we can sign another central defender or not. But he stepped up. The responsibility was even more on his shoulders and he can handle it so far in a very impressive way. This is the situation and it has an effect on our next decisions in the next transfer period. It is always like this.”
