Chelsea winger slams Tuchel in new book

Chelsea winger and America international Christian Pulisic has slammed former manager Thomas Tuchel for lying to him.

Tuchel, who was a former Borussia Dortmund boss, was sacked by the Blues earlier this month and immediately replaced by former Brighton coach, Graham Potter.

Pulisic, 24, recently stressed that he was not the biggest fan of the former manager.

The American in his new book titled ‘Christian Pulisic, my Journey so far,’ recounted a dispute between him and Tuchel over last season’s Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid.

“What happened before that [second leg] was hugely disappointing for me,’ Pulisic said.

“l’d had a really good first leg performance and our following match was against Fulham in the league.

“Tuchel told me that he was resting me for the second leg and as a result I didn’t play a single minute in the Fulham game.

“Then on match day… Tuchel tells me he’s changed his mind and he’s going with Kai [Havertz].

“I honestly was dumbfounded and very disappointed. I thought that I’d earned a start and, most importantly, he had assured me previously I was going to start.

“So by the time he brought me on with about 25 minutes left, I was just so wound up.”