Over the next week, football.london will be taking a look back at the key events at Stamford Bridge over an unforgettable 2022.
The foreshadowing of a consistently chaotic 2022 actually began in the final few days of 2021. Shortly after the Blues had disappointingly drawn 1-1 to Brighton that saw Graham Potter celebrate in the Stamford Bridge dugout (an image we would see replicated), a controversial interview dropped.
Romelu Lukaku had given an interview to Sky Italia without Chelsea's knowledge and quickly the bombshell lines hit. The Belgian citing disagreement with Thomas Tuchel over his tactics and adoration for Inter Milan, the club he had recently left for £97million in August to rejoin Chelsea.
