Former Manchester United defender and now pundit Gary Neville reckons Thomas Tuchel and his Chelsea players have done 'unbelievably well' to block out all the takeover noise and uncertainty off the pitch, to build form and momentum on it.
Since soon-to-be owner Roman Abramovich made the failed move to try and hand over the daily running of the club to a select few trustees of the Chelsea Foundation, one would not have been wrong to think that the Blues' form would have taken a significant dip with what has been going on behind the scenes. That move was then followed by the government's decision to sanction the Russian oligarch and therefore deprive him of his greatest asset - the rest is history after that.
With the 19-year owner looking to sell the Blues, Tuchel, the players and the fans have been looking forward to what's next in the history of the club. Raine Group, the organisation selected to run the negotiation process, have now whittled down the consortium list to four to five options with American representation dominating the agenda.
