It's not going to get any easier for Tony Bloom at this level. He's trying to run the club at what he considers a realistic level. Unfortunately that level is Pound Shop in EPL terms. While that remains the case, we'll always be vulnerable to cherry-picking raids by 'big' clubs
Maybe significant that Tuchel got sacked as the new Chelsea owners were approaching 100 days in charge. Seems like they wanted to make a grand statement of change in direction for the club. That would have taken a fair bit of groundwork to arrange