Thomas Tuchel is reportedly interested in becoming Chelsea's next manager as the pressure increases on Frank Lampard. Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by Aston Villa on Monday, meaning they have won just one of their last five Premier League matches.
Lampard's side have suffered defeats to Arsenal, Wolves and Everton among those five games, having lost their way after an impressive run of results earlier in the campaign.
And the Chelsea boss has seemingly been put under further pressure by Tuchel's sacking as Paris-Saint Germain boss last week.
Tuchel, who led PSG to the Champions League final last season, has been tipped for a move to the Premier League.
Thomas Tuchel is reportedly interested in becoming Chelsea manager (Image: GETTY)
But it is Chelsea who Tuchel is really keen to join, according to reports from his homeland.
German publication Bild claims the 47-year-old would like to take charge at Stamford Bridge because of the chance to work with Germany internationals Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Antonio Rudiger.
Werner and Havertz arrived at Stamford Bridge in big-money deals during the summer transfer window, but haven't set the Premier League alight during Chelsea's recent disappointing run. Both came on as second-half subs against Villa but were unable to affect the result.
Rudiger has dropped down the pecking order at Chelsea following the summer signing of Thiago Silva, although he played against Villa on Monday. The centre-half was a youth player at Borussia Dortmund until 2011, while Tuchel managed the Bundesliga club from 2015 to 2017 before taking charge of PSG.
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"Think of the history of the football club, think of the owner, how he sacks people quite comfortably, think that he's spent £220m, think that he's brought in a young lad from Germany who's not even in the team and struggling, [Kai] Havertz.
"Think of Timo Werner where they've spent a lot of investment, huge wages, struggled.
"You're under pressure as a Chelsea manager to challenge because when you're given £220m, I guarantee you that conversation before the start of the season would have been: 'What do you need to challenge Liverpool and Man City?'."