Former manager must leave UK next month under post-Brexit visa rules but two assistants can stay as club have placed them on gardening leave
Chelsea’s decision to sack Thomas Tuchel, rather than placing him on gardening leave, means the German is preparing to leave England in December, even though two of his former Chelsea staff can stay in the country.
Tuchel was sacked by Chelsea in September, but Telegraph Sport understands that two members of his staff, Zsolt Low and Benjamin Webber, were placed on gardening leave by the club’s owners, allowing them to remain in England with their families.
It is unclear why a similar offer was not made to Tuchel by the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital ownership, but post-Brexit visa laws have forced him to prepare to leave England next month because he is out of employment. Being placed on gardening leave means Low and Webber technically remain contracted to Chelsea.
Tuchel had been happy and settled in Surrey, where his daughters have attended school, but he has been left with no choice but to find a new permanent home. It is understood that, having completed a holiday in India, he will move to Munich in his native Germany.