As the panic sets in and Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali work out how to repair the damage they have caused during the past year, the biggest mistake Chelsea’s beleaguered owners could make would be to kid themselves that a season of astonishing excess and underachievement is not their fault.
Perhaps the finger could be pointed at Thomas Tuchel for his reluctance to embrace a new way of working last summer. Perhaps it is on Graham Potter for failing to make sense of his ridiculously bloated squad; or Bruno Saltor for failing to win his one game in charge; or Frank Lampard for failing to beat Real Madrid two seconds after coming in as interim head coach.
