The new year is upon us and for Chelsea it is such a significant one.
Last year was a whirlwind – to say the least – for the club, who were sold after Roman Abramovich decided to put the club up for sale before restrictions were placed on the club after the Russian was sanctioned by the UK Government back in March. There were countless interested parties in purchasing Chelsea, but Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital eventually completed their takeover of the west London club for £4.25billion.
Then, under the ownership of Boehly, Chelsea had a fairly chaotic summer transfer window, where they spent almost £300m on new recruits. Thomas Tuchel thought he had a new squad for the season as he looked to get his Chelsea side back to competing at the top of the Premier League.
