In many way ways, with defeat to Real Madrid on Tuesday evening, Chelsea's season ended. The Blues can no longer come away with any material success in 2022/23 and have little chance of any form of European qualification - an outcome few would have predicted ahead of the opening day of the term in August.
On the surface of the senior men's team there is little that can be quantified as a success for the new ownership group since they took over almost a year. With £600million invested in new playing staff it's safe to say that wasn't the plan from the outset.
There was an acknowledgment that the club were attempting to condense their transition into a shorter timeframe but with four different people in charge of the team this term, the process has been far from smooth. With 31 players listed in Chelsea's senior squad, this summer is set to be intensive in trimming the group down while still finding new players with financial fair play considerations also to take into account.
