EXCLUSIVE
prediction
Chelsea tipped for Champions League glory as talkSPORT told Thomas Tuchel’s men are ‘the form team in Europe’
Stuart Pearce believes Chelsea have a great chance of winning the Champions League for a second time this season.
Since Thomas Tuchel replaced Frank Lampard back in January, the Blues have fought their way back into the top-four race, as well as reaching both the Champions League and FA Cup semi-finals.
2
Chelsea have lost just twice in 20 outings since Tuchel took over the reins, and West Ham's first-team coach believes their London rivals are perfectly poised to savour European glory once more - just like in 2012.
Speaking ahead of the pair's Premier League meeting on Saturday - which is live on talkSPORT - Pearce heaped praise on Tuchel's men.
"I would go as to far to say they are probably the form side in Europe," the former England defender told the talkSPORT Breakfast.
"You could certainly put them up there at the moment.
2
Most read in Football
"They've got some big, big games coming up in the Premier League and the Champions League."
The west London side travel to the Bernabeu for a crunch last-four clash just three days after the meeting with the Hammers, before hosting a west London derby with Fulham next weekend.
But Pearce says Tuchel's squad is strong enough to win them all.
"They're in a really good situation at the moment, Chelsea, and he's got them going in the right direction," added the talkSPORT pundit.
"Second guessing their team is so difficult because they've got such good players.
"I wouldn't be surprised if they lifted the big prize - the Champions League - at the end of the season. I think they've just hit form at the right time."
Topics