Thomas Tuchel has insisted there's been no dialogue approximately selling Hakim Ziyech, with the Chelsea boss saying any reports to the contrary had been made up.
Ziyech has yet to certainly lock down a ordinary position at Chelsea, notwithstanding featuring 39 instances remaining season.
The Moroccan celebrity has featured on just 10 events this season, main to speak of a loan circulate away in January with Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund most of the golf equipment related.
"It's very clean," Tuchel started out. "I stated generally he changed into wonderful in pre-season. He had an harm which became a massive setback. He performed after the shoulder damage with pain and with huge protection which saved him from being absolutely loose, that's important for his recreation and actions and role and fashion of play.
"Now he is stepped up in the remaining games. We had some injuries and he took the risk to have greater game time like Callum [Hudson-Odoi] did. He was decisive. He assisted, he scored, it is exact.
"At the moment right here in Cobham there are no thoughts approximately his destiny. There aren't any mind approximately a capacity trade, change deal or whatever in wintry weather. I actually have talked to nobody about that right here in Cobham, so it truly is made up from media.
"Hakim was now not in my office expressing a want like this so proper now, he's a full member of the squad. He is an vital man, a very proficient man, a completely bold guy, and he is a full part of our squad. He become final season, he's this season and we anticipate the very quality of him all the time.
"But it's hard opposition. I can't let anyone play all of the time 90 minutes. It's really impossible."
Ziyech is just certainly one of many attackers Tuchel presently has at his disposal at Chelsea.
In addition to strike alternatives like Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner, Chelsea also have Hudson-Odoi, Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic and Mason Mount as players that can play either out huge or centrally inside the attack.
