If Chelsea fans can take any solace from Manchester City’s gritty Champions League victory, it is how the truth has been laid bare regarding Romelu Lukaku.
One potential avenue for Chelsea could be to save a few quid and bring the Belgian back. With funds not expected to be as loose, the move appeared to make sense. Lukaku could come back to solve the Blues’ goalscoring woes and keep an extra £70million+ in the coffers for another position.
But how wrong that now looks.