Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang admitted that former coach Thomas Tuchel was “frustrated and sad” when he was sacked, but insisted the Blues must adapt quickly to his successor Graham Potter.

Tuchel won the Champions League with Chelsea last summer, but only 15 months later he left after a terrible string of disappointing performances.

The defeat against Dinamo Zagreb (0-1) at the start of Chelsea’s Champions League campaign led to the decision to dismiss Tuchel quickly, and Aubameyang played for an hour in that confrontation.

The Gabonese striker enjoyed a good working relationship with Tuchel, while they were at Borussia Dortmund. “Everyone knows the relationship I had with Thomas. It’s always sad when someone leaves the club, I just saw them for a few days,” Aubameyang was quoted as saying

by the Daily Mail.

“When you play football, you have to adapt very quickly to some moments in the season, that can happen.”

And whether he has contacted Tuchel since his dismissal from the club, Aubameyang revealed: “Not yet. I think he was a bit frustrated and sad, and obviously, I will try to talk to him as soon as possible.”

“It’s been a crazy week for all of us, it’s part of life and we have to adapt, and I think there is a bit of sadness at the moment and hopefully we will be back to better days soon.”

He added: “Obviously it’s a bit strange for everyone, not only for me, but as I said, this is football, you have to adapt, when you play with Chelsea, you need results as quickly as possible, and that’s why I’m disappointed some. thing”.

Aubameyang played in the match that Chelsea drew with Salzburg (1-1), on Wednesday evening in the Champions League.