Pep Guardiola sends UCL final warning to Tuchel, as Tuchel gives green light for Chelsea to sign £100m rated midfielder
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has warned Thomas Tuchel and Chelsea that his Manchester City team want to win the Champions League.
Chelsea face Manchester City in the Champions League final on May 29 in Porto.
Speaking on the upcoming Champions League final Pep Guardiola said: “It’s a dream come true, for this club, other people have been there, but we haven’t, it’s our first time and we are going to give everything and we want to win it.
“It’s not enough just being there we want to win it, it’s on the lads.”
Reports have claimed that Thomas Tuchel has sanctioned the signing of Declan Rice for Chelsea in the transfer window.
After fully establishing himself at the Hammers and at International level, Rice quickly became a transfer target for former manager Frank Lampard last summer, but the board were not willing to part with £80 million.
And their interest in the midfielder seemed to disappear with the arrival of Tuchel, who has a few other targets that he has been eyeing up over the last few months in order to win back that Premier League title next season.
However, The Daily Telegraph has not reported that Tuchel has told the board that he would like to see Rice signed in the summer, although his asking price is now closer to £100 million.
Tuchel would have seen little of Rice before replacing Lampard at the start of the year but the Telegraph say he has quickly become a fan of the England international and has recommended him to club chief Marina Granovskaia.
Rice is a brilliant midfielder that should be at one of the big clubs in the Premier League, but he is not a player that is worth £100 million and we cannot see the Blues paying that kind of money.
Tuchel will get funds to buy the players that he wants, so it will be interesting to see if Rice is one of the players that he brings to the club to help improve that already impressive squad that he has.
But do we actually need him?