Reveled : Thomas Tuchel clears the air on how his team will line up next season ,with this formation .

 Thomas Tuchel has indicated 

that Chelsea will continue to 

play with three centre-backs 

next season.

The Blues will lose key defenders

 this summer, with Antonio rudiger

 and Andreas Christensen leaving 

Stamford Bridge. Captain Cesar 

Azpilicueta  might also be on his way out.

But head coach Tuchel believes playing

 with wing-backs and three centre-

backs still suits his players.

The German was asked at his post-match press conference after Sunday’s 2-1 win over Watford if the departures of Rudiger and 

Christensen might lead to a change

 of formation.

“I don’t think it’s a problem of 

structure that we have,” Tuchel replied.

“I think that the structure suits 

our players very well – not only the

 players you mentioned (Rudiger and

 Christensen) but also Thiago Silva

 and our midfielders and it suits Reece

 James very well and Ben Chilwell 

very well because they have a bit 

more freedom to attack on both sides.

“There were some reasons to play 

this structure and the way we played

 it we were very successful. Actually

 it is not the plan to change it.”

Tuchel says Chelsea have a clear idea

 of the players they want to bring 

in during the summer.

He is keen to bolster the squad, 

but the sanctions placed on owner 

Roman Abramovich mean the proposed

 takeover by a group led by Todd 

 must go through before Chelsea 

can do business.

Tuchel said: “We have clear ideas for the 

characteristics and profiles of these players.

“But it’s not like you put a name on 

the list and then you get the player. 

You have to convince the player. 

There’s normally a lot of work to do.”

Tuchel hopes to have the new 

additions in by the start of pre-season.

“This is the plan,” he said. “Hopefully

 we can do this and have everybody 

ready for the pre-season.

“It’s a pre-season where you have

 three or four weeks together and we 

need to be quick and fast to adapt to 

the qualities and personalities of 

these new guys.

“But first of all we need to be able

 to sign, be smart (about) who we 

sign and be on-point.”