Chelsea fans send clear message to Ben Chilwell after what Thomas Tuchel said about defender

Thomas Tuchel revealed that Ben Chilwell has been struggling mentally following England's Euro 2020 campaign over the summer.

Chilwell was part of Gareth Southgate 's squad for 

the tournament, that the Three Lions reached the final of, but did not play a single minute.

The 24-year-old is yet to feature for the Blue's this season and Tuchel has now opened up on the situation with the left-back.

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"It has absolutely been difficult for him and I think it is pretty normal," Tuchel said on Chilwell in his pre-Zenit St Petersburg press conference on Monday.

"He came from a Champions League win, from 90 minutes and strong performances, a good end of the season where he played a lot of minutes for us and many important, crucial games on a high level.

Then it was individually for him, personally a tough Euros because there were chances I think where he thought he could have played. He did not. So personally I know that it was a tough one because you feel he did everything to push the team.

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"You feel as part of the team but you don’t feel it really if you don’t sweat it out on the pitch and you never wear the shirt and you are never really involved, it is a strange feeling.

"It was necessary to keep training for four or five weeks continuously. Then he had a personal break and it was hard for him to totally relax and to get his personal disappointment off the shoulders.