Chelsea team news: Thomas Tuchel names first Blues side for Wolves clash with no Mount in team
THOMAS TUCHEL has given Chelsea a squad shake up in his first game in charge.
The German, who replaced club legend Frank Lampard in the Stamford Bridge hot seat, lines up against Wolves to kick off his reign.
Here is the first Chelsea team of the Thomas Tuchel era!
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But he does so without Mason Mount – a favourite under Lampard – who has been dropped to the bench.
Having missed just TWO games so far this campaign, Mount has been afforded a rare rest.
Cesar Azpilicueta and Ben Chilwell start as full-backs with Thiago Silva – who won two Ligue 1 titles at PSG with Tuchel – partnering Antonio Rudiger.
Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic form a deep lying pair with Kai Havertz starting in his preferred No10 role.
But the German could instead drop deeper next to Kovacic, with Jorginho sitting in front of the backline.
Out wide, Christian Pulisic, managed by Tuchel at Borussia Dortmund, starts on the left.
And Hakim Ziyech plays on the right.
Olivier Giroud has been preferred to Timo Werner and Tammy Abraham as the Frenchman leads the line.
That is despite Abraham scoring a hat-rick against Luton on the weekend, Lampard’s last game in charge.
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