Thomas Tuchel 'still happy' at Chelsea despite sanctions

As part of the sanctions, Chelsea cannot conduct transfer business, offer new contracts to current players, or sell new tickets for future matches. Despite these setbacks, manager Thomas Tuchel insisted before Thursday's game he's content and remaining focused on what he can control.

"I don't know if I'm concerned but we are aware of it and it changes almost every day. We cannot do much about it," Tuchel said of this latest development, per Sky Sports. "I'm still happy to be here, still happy to be manager of a strong football team and I'm happy to play the match today. I know there's a lot of noise around and still we allow ourselves to try our best to focus on football."

While Chelsea can continue day-to-day operations, Abramovich's original plans to sell the club are on hold and will likely depend on the U.K. considering an application for a license that would ensure he could not benefit from the sale. As with other matters regarding Chelsea, Tuchel's future may also be in limbo if he ultimately feels the juice is not worth the squeeze and that he can find a similar job, minus the headaches, elsewhere.