When Thomas Tuchel signed with PSG in 2018, he moved into a beautiful house in the city of Paris. He and his wife hired a Filipino woman to take care of and do the household chores. This woman dedicated most of her time, even working extra hours, to serving Tuchel and his wife. She was always very professional and always available for the Tuchel family.
Over time, a stronger bond was formed, and one day, Thomas and his wife reflected on the fact that if this woman worked so hard, it was because she really needed to. One day, she told them that her son had a heart condition. They were surprised and agreed to fund an expensive operation to save their worker’s son's life. The operation was a complete success, and the boy can now enjoy a better quality of life. But that’s not all... As Tuchel saw his job threatened and his dismissal from PSG looming, he asked his worker what her greatest dream in life was.
She replied that her biggest dream was to return to the Philippines and build a house where she could retire with her family, whom she missed so much. Thomas Tuchel was dismissed by PSG and joined Chelsea, but before leaving, he did not forget his cleaning lady and offered her a villa in the Philippines where she now lives with her family. Immense RESPECT to Thomas Tuchel for this magnificent gesture.
🚨 Toni Kroos tells Marca: “Luis Enrique subbed out Ousmane Dembélé, his best player, in the 65th minute of a Champions League semi-final and nobody complained. He exits the pitch, shakes his coach’s hand and sits on the bench cheering his teammates. There are some counter examples to this.”
“You look at Ousmane Dembélé, and how he's yelling at his teammates to keep fighting, from the bench. That's not what 90% of players who think they're stars would do. They start to do bad gestures on the pitch, then sit on the bench sulking.”
Every time I watch PSG I think to myself, how on earth did we legitimately batter them in the Club World Cup final.
Less than a year ago aswell. Mind blowing.
Reece James in the matchday programme: "I'd like to pay tribute to Millie Bright, from one Chelsea captain to another, after she announced her retirement this week. She has been an incredible player for us and won so much here - a true Chelsea legend. Thank you for everything you've done for our club, Millie."
@LucasGale@FA We paid £70 a ticket for the 2023 final and those same seats are £125 three years later. Absolutely disgusting @FA trying to price us out again
There are now around 10,000 premium priced seats at Chelsea, which means tickets costing anything from around £200 to £10,000. There are always tickets available for sale now, even for the biggest games, but not at affordable, general admission prices.
25 years ago today:
The BBC somehow persuaded UEFA, Barcelona and Liverpool to push back the kick off time by 15 mins for their semi-final at the Nou Camp, so 23 million Eastenders viewers could find out who shot Phil Mitchell.
What a time to be alive.
The sad reality now for Chelsea fans now is, hoping Villa finish in the top 5 and win the Europa League, cos then 6th place gets Champions League football.