MOSCOW, February 2 Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel emotionally reacted to a journalist's question about the situation in Ukraine. At a press conference, one of the journalists tried to find out the position of the Chelsea mentor on the situation with club owner Roman Abramovich and the events in Ukraine, stumbling upon a tough answer. «Stop. I'm not a politician! Stop asking this question. I can only repeat once again that the situation unfolding in Ukraine is unpleasant for me,» Tuchel said.
Thomas Tuchel snaps at a Journalist for continuing to press him for answers about the war and Abramovich. pic.twitter.com/XbpsQizmzU
— Pys (@CFCPys) March 1, 2022 He also noted that he had never encountered a situation where a military special operation was carried out in any country. Abramovich handed over management of Chelsea to the trustees of the London team's charity foundation on February 26 in connection with sanctions amid escalation Russian-Ukrainian relations. Despite the transfer of management of the club, he remains the owner of the Blues.