Tuchel can get the best out of Werner and Havertz – Melchiot

Lewis Oldham
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Thomas Tuchel is the man who can get the best out of Timo Werner and Kai Havertz, according to Chelsea legend Mario Melchiot.

Werner and Havertz were Chelsea’s two most expensive signings this summer as the club spent over £200m on new recruits.

But both players have struggled to hit the ground running so far. Werner has nine goals this season but he has failed to score in his last eleven Premier League games.


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Havertz meanwhile has not scored in the league since Chelsea’s 3-3 draw against Southampton in October.

Melchiot told talkSPORT that Tuchel will get Werner and Havertz back to their best:

“It’s going to be tricky, but when a new coach comes in everybody gets a new wind. But it’s then like, ‘well, why didn’t you do that when the other coach was there?’

“But everybody will start from zero again; even the players who weren’t playing and didn’t get a look-in, they are going to get the opportunity now to perform and put themselves in the window.

“And if you look back at Tuchel; he took the job at Mainz and then at Dortmund – he took the job of [Jurgen] Klopp twice in a row.

“So he is really connected to some of the German players, especially the expensive guys they stood behind like Werner and Kai Havertz. Those are guys who played in that league who will know him, and he’ll know them really well too.

“So I’m sure they’ll be looking at that too and thinking, ‘we invested quite a bit of capital in these individuals, so who is the best man to get the best out of them?’ And, of course Frank wanted them, but if that isn’t going to be the case they are going to have to find someone who is capable of getting the best out of them.

“And I’m sure if they make the choice to get Tuchel in that has to be one of the reasons.”