This season might have begun with only minimal expectations for Frank Lampard and Chelsea, but by the end they were banking on Champions League qualification, and Lampard delivered.
The evidence of that change in mindset was sat in the stands here at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea spent around £50 million to acquire Timo Werner from Red Bull Leipzig, a striker who is so desperate to hit the ground running next season that he sacrificed playing in the knockout stages of this year's Champions League to prepare for the next. How embarrassing it could have been for all sides had they fallen short at the final hurdle, but in the end, Werner was left to marvel at what he describes as his "new home" with renovation plans firmly on track.