Thomas Tuchel has admitted players' vaccination status will affect Chelsea's transfers
dailystar.co.ukThomas Tuchel says vaccination status is now a consideration for Chelsea when buying players in the summer transfer window.
Tuchel is currently preparing his squad for the upcoming season in the US without N’Golo Kante and Ruben Loftus-Cheek. The two midfielders have been unable to travel for the pre-season tour because they have both chosen not to have the Covid-19 vaccination.The duo are currently training with the Blues’ youth squads at Cobham and took part in a friendly against Boreham Wood on Friday.
The situation is far from ideal for Tuchel and he says it has now coloured the way he thinks about new players.READ MORE: Chelsea fans can't believe £33m flop is part of pre-season tour after six-year struggle “I knew some players who I would also take without vaccination.
I have to say. But yes, it is a part of daily life at the moment,” he told reporters on the weekend. Pressed on whether a player’s decision over taking the vaccine has come into his thinking for transfers, he added: “Yes, it has to.” Chelsea completed the £34million signing of Napoli centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly on Saturday, with the Senegal international flying out to join his new team-mates after completing a medical in London.
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