
Chelsea had just lost a cup final, but it was nowhere the biggest issue of the day. That was a question put to a disappointed Thomas Tuchel, and it was about the man more responsible than anyone else for putting the club in so many such occasions.
That is what happens now with Roman Abramovich, after the shock announcement on the eve of the game that he was “giving trustees of Chelsea’s charitable Foundation the stewardship and care” of the club.