Tuchel speaks on Chelsea striker issues amid Haaland links

The misfiring Blues have been linked with a surprise move for Haaland amid their struggles for goals under Tuchel.

Signing a new striker isn’t on Thomas Tuchel’s mind, with the Chelsea manager instead fully focused on extracting the best out of his current forwards.

Tuchel is unbeaten in his first 12 games in charge of Chelsea, with eight wins and four draws. The Blues have conceded an average of 0.17 goals-per-match and kept nine sheets under the German, but they’ve scored just 1.08 goals-per-match.

Olivier Giroud’s two goals are the most that any player has managed of the 13 goals that Chelsea have bagged in Tuchel’s reign.

Thomas Tuchel is annoyed people keep asking him about Chelsea's transfer targets at forward 😒

🗣️ "It is not time to reflect for the summer and other solutions, other than what we have." pic.twitter.com/K5qxvfVnEy

— Goal India (@Goal_India) March 15, 2021

This stat has naturally raised a few eyebrows and prompted rumors of a possible transfer bid for Borussia Dortmund’s scoring sensation Erling Haaland.

“I’m happy because we don’t only look at the output, how much they score, how much they assist,” said Tuchel as quoted by the Mirror.

“Of course this is something, some statistic to which every striker is attached, and everybody needs to have the mentality to cope with the pressure that comes along with statistics. It’s like this in high-level football.

“But I have to say at the moment everybody is working hard, nobody is lazy, nobody is taking their time outs when we’re defending. We’re defending high, we’re defending as a block.

“We’re still looking a little bit for the breakthrough for one or two guys to go on a run and score consistently. Obviously that’s not the case at the moment, and we will not stop pushing and stop looking for solutions to create more clear chances for them.

“That’s the way it is, but there’s no need now to reflect for the summer or reflect on solutions other than the solutions that we have.

“We have guys we are happy with and who have the potential to be more decisive, and we will try to help them.”