Chelsea players are fearful about their futures after an extraordinary day on which Roman Abramovich was hit with government sanctions and the mobile phone company Three suspended its sponsorship of the club.
The government’s decision to freeze Abramovich’s assets – and bar him from selling the club for the time being – plunged Chelsea into a state of limbo, with one dressing-room source describing the atmosphere as “chaos” and some worried that the club could go into administration.
