Why was Thomas Tuchel sacked at Chelsea? Alleged reasons revealed

The German manager was sacked by the Blues earlier this season

The players lost a lot of respect for Thomas Tuchel, based on an email from his ex-wife, and he was fired by Chelsea for those causes and other non-playing-related issues.

Following their separation last year after 13 years of marriage, Tuchel, 49, and his wife Sissi, 51, made the announcement during a meeting at Munich's district court.

According to the German tabloid Bild, Sissi, a former Suddeutsche Zeitung writer, had a contact from England in which she was told the supposed justifications for his Chelsea firing in September of last year.

She reportedly heard that the Chelsea players no longer respected the coach who guided them to Champions League victory in 2021. Also, strange "off-field reasons" were given.

The explanations were detailed in an email, and according to Bild, Tuchel intended to invoke a preliminary injunction to stop Sissi from releasing the message's contents.

At the time, Tuchel's removal was cited as the result of disagreements with Todd Boehly, the new owner of Chelsea, as well as his team's dismal performance.

Tuchel, who did not attend the heading, nor his ex-wife, who did, expressed a want to speak. Bild stated that it was not possible to publish the language of some of the charges in the email due to legal considerations.

After getting married in 2009, the couple had two daughters. In April of last year, The Mail on Sunday reported that the pair had separated and Sissi had started the divorce process.

The Munich hearing was conducted in secret, according to the presiding judge, "because the very sensitive area of life is touched on and the veracity of the claims is also questioned."

After being fired, Tuchel has not accepted another football coaching position. He led Chelsea to Champions League victory when they overcame Manchester City 1-0 in Porto. He won 60 of his 100 games in command of Chelsea.

Under his leadership, the Blues subsequently won the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup while also losing two FA Cup finals.

Simon Jordan, a previous owner of Crystal Palace and a writer for Sportsmail, predicted in January that the exact motivation Boehly fired Tuchel would "make people's eyes water."

He told talkSPORT: ''There's a lot more behind the scenes that would make most people's eyes water as to the reasons why Todd Boehly made that decision and it wasn't just a case of losing to Dinamo Zagreb, it was a case of a raft of other things - that's Todd Boehly's gift to tell people what it is."

'But it opened my eyes and I would've done exactly the same thing as Todd Boehly did which is 'you can go, mate.'