TODD BOEHLY sacked Thomas Tuchel soon after he was denied access to the Chelsea dressing room.
The Blues owner has made a habit of entering the dressing room in recent weeks.
And earlier on in the season Boehly was keen to show guests around his newly acquired club.
But he made the mistake of trying to show the group, which included children, around the dressing room at half-time during the win over West Ham.
According to talkSPORT he was denied entry as Tuchel gave his team talk.
The German manager lasted just one more match, a 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb, before he was sacked.
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Boehly has been allowed access to the changing room since Frank Lampard took over, and he spent ten minutes chatting to players following the defeat to Real Madrid.
A few days earlier the American spent an hour ranting at his failing stars after they were beaten 2-1 by Brighton.
Boehly allegedly labelled the current struggles as “embarrassing”, falling well short of the standards and expectations of the board and insisted they had spent big in the transfer market in order to win trophies.
One senior player – signed for a big fee in the last 12 months – is said to have been singled out by Boehly, with that star allegedly feeling disillusioned and disgruntled.
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One source told The Guardian the “whole thing was weird” but Lampard and No1 Kepa Arrizabalaga tried to play it down.
Some Chelsea stars were said to be taken aback by Boehly inviting Mykhailo Mudryk and his entourage into the dressing room ahead of his unveiling against Crystal Palace in January.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk