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Thomas Tuchel insisted that he is “convinced” that forward Kai Havertz can still make a big impact at Chelsea.
Havertz has had trouble replicating something akin to the way he persuaded Chelsea to sign him from Bayer Leverkusen last summer, and the 21-year-old has scored just one Premier League goal in the entire season to date.
Injury has hampered his debut campaign in England (Havertz will miss Chelsea’s clash with Newcastle on Monday, live on Sky Sports), but the numbers are still not a positive reading. Tuchel, however, asks for patience.
“I’m pretty sure we’ll see (the best of Havertz), it takes time,” Tuchel said. “There is no short answer (to his problems), if there was a short answer I would clearly go and talk to him that way to bring him to his full potential.
“What we know clearly and what we can trust is that all this potential is in him and all this logic is in him. For each transfer and each club change for a player is different and sometimes he needs a little more than Time Adapting Sometimes it’s quick, sometimes it’s between matches, sometimes it’s a process.
“All we can do is support him and give him what he needs and figure this out right now. He got off to a good start with us, he had good games. I have a feeling we have a guy who is totally clear, totally autonomous.” -conscientious, very humble and incredibly talented, so there is no doubt that he will show his best the sooner the better.
“Unfortunately, he misses some training sessions and games for us. Hopefully he can come back in the next few days because I am absolutely convinced that he will have a great impact on this club.”
Otherwise, much has been planned for Tuchel since succeeding Frank Lampard at Chelsea, with the Blues winning four and tying one of the new manager’s first five games in charge.
Tuchel has had very little time on training ground with his team given how unforgiving the match schedule is at the moment, but the 47-year-old admitted that playing so many games in quick succession can have its advantages.
“All the coaches in the world want to have maybe four weeks with a new team to know their habits and characteristics, but perhaps the good thing is that we did not think about it because we did not have time,” added Tuchel.
“The first decision we had to make was to train a day before Wolves and we did. It is beneficial that we have had many games because you know your players better.”
Tuchel is also liking what he’s seeing from his academy players at the club, with Billy Gilmour given his shot against Barnsley and impressing.
“The door is always open in my office for the coaches, the academy officials,” added Tuchel. “I love watching their training sessions, the internal matches in the other fields, which unfortunately is not allowed at the moment because we are in the bubble, so it is a bit more difficult than usual.
“My belief is that it is the backbone of any club, the more players you make the first team, the better it will be for the club.”
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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