Chelsea balls: Conte out and Tuchel in a fact-free story designed for clickbait
How clickbait football reporting works in the Daily Telegraph. The paper has no news for Chelsea fans.
A: The Daily Telegraph’s football reporter Matt Law tweets:
Chelsea are not interested in out-of-work German manager Thomas Tuchel. Got it.
B: The Daily Telegraph clickbait factory processes their top correspondent’s news. At 1:37 it reports:
Former Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel to replace Antonio Conte at Chelsea
Says who? Not Matt Law, the paper’s own expert. The Telegraph’s balls is linked to a story in German tabloid Bild. It says – and reading via Google translate is always fun:
The fuse of Klubinger Roman Abramovich and his confidante, the Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia, is now to be very brief in the Conte case. And Granovskaia, who is considered to be the most powerful woman in world football, has apparently already been informed about Tuchel in detail and has decided on him as a new Chelsea coach.
What makes sense is that the international tradeshow market is currently producing only two names that have worked successfully at the Champions League level at large clubs and are directly available. Next to Tuchel are Luis Enrique (47), who worked for FC Barcelona until the end of last season. However, his English is not exactly good. Advantage Tuchel, the language almost perfectly mastered.
In addition, Tuchel is more likely to lead young players at the highest level while at the same time inspiring the top stars for themselves, their work and their goals. Exactly with this, Conte had problems after winning the championship. He will be lured into the club.
So Tuchel has not been hired to replace Conte at Chelsea. And he’s tipped for the job because he speaks decent English. Don’t clear your locker just yet, Antonio.
Posted: 23rd, August 2017 | In: Broadsheets, Chelsea, Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
