An emotional Thomas Tuchel has demanded reporters to stop asking him questions over the Ukraine-Russia conflict because he feels 'bad' and that he's 'not a politician'.
The visibly annoyed Chelsea boss was taking questions ahead of his side's FA Cup clash with Luton Town on Wednesday but was confronted a number of times on the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.
Reporters also tried to probe the German on the Blues' Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich after he announced that he planned to hand Chelsea over to the club's trustees following the fallout in eastern Europe.
However, when asked about the horrors of war in his Tuesday press conference, Tuchel snapped and demanded not to be asked questions on Ukraine.
'Listen, listen, listen you have to stop, I'm not a politician,' Tuchel told a reporter when asked about the situation currently unravelling in Ukraine.
'You have to stop, honestly, I can only repeat it and I feel bad to repeat it because I've never experienced war.
'So even to talk about it I feel bad because I'm very privileged – I sit here in peace. I do the best I can but you have to stop asking me these questions because I have no answers for you.'
A clearly frustrated Tuchel then slapped the table after being asked for his opinion on the conflict and Abramovich's current status as owner of Chelsea.
Earlier on in the heated press conference, Tuchel revealed how Russia's invasion of Ukraine was seriously impacting him – but revealed he and the players were looking to remain focused on the club's upcoming fixtures.
'It's horrible. It's horrible,' Tuchel said when asked about the war. 'There can't be any other opinion about it, but why should we be more distracted by you. It's out there. We know there are more important things out there. This will never change.
'Everyone in Europe has noise in their head that nobody likes. Still you try to come to work and try to do the best in your job as possible.'
Tuchel also refused to be dragged into the politics currently surrounding the club and its owner Abramovich.
When asked whether Abramovich should have a role in football, Tuchel responded: 'It's too much for me to answer. I am not aware of the details and the whole situation.
'There are situations much more important than football, this will never change. Situations like war are so much more important.'