Chelsea Boss, Tuchel Reveals Their Biggest Rival This Season In The Champions League

Thomas Tuchel has named Erling Haaland as Chelsea’s biggest rival in the Champions League this season.

Infoexpert24 reports that the Chelsea boss also admitted that Chelsea is ‘talking regularly’ about the potential of signing Haaland from Borussia Dortmund.

The German described the 21-year-old as a ‘fantastic’ player, who has a great profile at Dortmund.

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Infoexpert24 recalls that Chelsea was among top European clubs, including Manchester City, Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and PSG, that have been linked with Haaland in the past.

The Norway international has so far scored 18 goals in 13 appearances for club and country this season.

Erling Haaland Credit: Skysports

Speaking in an interview with SportBild, Tuchel said: “We have talked about Haaland a couple of times also in the transfer window.

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“It looked unrealistic and not possible to do.

“Of course, we talk regularly about him because he is a fantastic player and a profile at Dortmund, which is a big rival for us in the Champions League.”