Thomas Tuchel is planning to replace Chelsea’s shirt sponsorship with a symbol of peace.
The club’s main shirt sponsors Three put their £40million deal on hold after Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK Government because of his connection with Russia president Vladimir Putin and a steel company, Evraz making military tanks for the invasion of Ukraine.
Dailymail reported that they have asked for all branding to be removed from the kit and around Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea play Newcastle in the Premier League on Sunday.
‘We can always wear a message for peace,’ said Tuchel, when asked if such a gesture might be possible. ‘It can never be the wrong message.
‘Maybe the worry is to find enough shirts to play in with the sanctions,’ said Tuchel. ‘As long as the bus is full of fuel we will arrive and be competitive. This is what everybody can be sure of and this is what we demand of ourselves.
‘When it’s a big storm you dig in, you hold together, you stay strong and go through it. But a message for peace can never be wrong.’
