Chelsea ‘enquire over availability of former Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel’ as talk of rift with Antonio Conte won’t go away

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• Blues may have notched up impressive first win of season at Tottenham, but all is now well after frustrating summer
• Chelsea have made enquiry into the availability of Thomas Tuchel, according to reports in Germany.

Antonio Conte led the Blues to the Premier League title last season, but has endured a torrid summer, having missed on his top targets and failing to hide his frustrations with the Stamford Bridge board

Talk of a rift won’t go away, and Sport Bild report Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia has contacted the former Borussia Dortmund boss.

A difficult off-season appeared to have been put to be following the impressive win over last season’s runners-up Tottenham at the weekend.

However, it has done little to repair Conte’s relationship with the Blues hierarchy.

The past two previous title-winning managers — Jose Mourinho and Claudio Ranieri — were sacked the following season.

And it is becoming increasingly likely the Italian will not be at Stamford Bridge come May.

Tuchel is currently without a club, having left Dortmund at the end of the season.

He replaced Jurgen Klopp as the Westfalenstadion in 2015, but struggled to compete with Bayern Munich.

Last season, he won the German Cup — his first trophy — in his final match for the club.