'He can break No 9 curse' - Tuchel backs Auba to 'create his own history'

Thomas Tuchel has backed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to "create his own history" and break the No 9 curse at Chelsea.

Chelsea completed a £10m Deadline Day deal for Aubameyang, reuniting the 33-year-old with his old Borussia Dortmund boss Tuchel.

Aubameyang scored 79 goals in 95 appearances under Tuchel at Dortmund, before switching to Arsenal in 2018.

The Gabon striker was stripped of the Gunners captaincy by Mikel Arteta in December 2021 amid disciplinary issues however, before moving to Barcelona in January.

Chelsea boss Tuchel joked earlier this summer that his players were scared of the No 9 shirt, with the striker's jersey left vacant after Romelu Lukaku's loan return to Inter Milan.