Thomas Tuchel's brilliant reaction to his small number of Chelsea players returning for pre-season

  The German manager has a wicked sense of humour and he showed it again when some of his players returned to Cobham The club released a sho...

 

The German manager has a wicked sense of humour and he showed it again when some of his players returned to Cobham

The club released a short video clip of Tuchel greeting the academy graduate trio as they arrived back at the training ground six weeks after Chelsea’s Champions League triumph.

And the German had a hilarious reaction to seeing so few players back at training on the first day.

He said: “Three players and, what, 24 coaches?” he wittingly mused as he went in for a hug with Anjorin, Hudson-Odoi and Abraham.

Tuchel will be seeing a few more players over the coming days at Cobham as the preparations ramp up a bit before the players head across the Irish Sea for a training camp in the coming days.

Football.London understands there will be one friendly on the trip, likely to be played behind closed doors in Ireland, before returning to England for the Mind Series of friendlies against Spurs and Arsenal in early August and the Super Cup clash with Villarreal in Belfast on August 11.

The head coach is expected to hand chances to youngsters like Anjorin, Xavier Mbuyamba, Dujon Sterling, Conor Gallagher, Marc Guehi and Tino Livramento during the pre-season campaign with many players not returning until at least a fortnight before the first Premier League game of the season against Crystal Palace on August 14 at Stamford Bridge.