Number nine is associated with stars and scorers such as Johan Cruyff, Karim Benzema and Ronaldo “O Phenomeno”.
At Chelsea, no player wants to touch the iconic number.
“I’m superstitious, I can understand why players don’t want it,” Tuchel tells The Sun.
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Players who failed
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel He admitted that no player would want to wear the number nine shirt – on most teams – anymore.
The number nine has never been much in demand, as sometimes when players want to change numbers. Tuchel told The Sun.
The reason is the failure of many signings with the stars who wore the shirt. Romelu Lukaku, Fernando Torres, Alvaro Morata, Gonzalo Higuain, Radamel Falcao, Hernan Crespo and Mattia Kezman have arrived at Chelsea with high expectations.
None of them succeeded with a number nine on their back.
“Everyone says that”
Cursed number. Thomas Tuchel says people tell me she’s cursed.
He claims that the figure was not left unchanged for “tactical reasons” on his part.
Everyone who’s spent more time at the club says to me: “You know he had a nine and he didn’t score, and he also scored a nine and he didn’t score either.”
– So now we have a situation where nobody wants to touch the number nine. I’m superstitious, I can understand why players don’t want that and prefer other numbers.