Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 'has been reassured that he wasn't signed just to please former manager Thomas Tuchel and does have a role to play at Chelsea.'
Chelsea completed the £10.3million signing of the forward from Barcelona on transfer deadline day last week, reuniting him with Tuchel following their time working together at Borussia Dortmund.
Aubameyang, 33, had been looking forward to working with Tuchel again but the German was sacked on Wednesday in the wake of their Champions League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb.
The Gabon international played 59 minutes in Croatia before being replaced by Armando Broja in what proved to be Tuchel's final game in charge.