Chelsea co-controlling owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital face growing discontent from players who have major concerns over the club’s direction.
Former Bayern Munich head coach Julian Naglesmann is emerging as the Blues’ preferred option to replace current interim head coach Frank Lampard at the helm for next season - although the club insist their hunt for a new boss remains an open process with no final decisions made on their No 1 candidate.
Moving forward, the club’s next manager faces the difficult task of convincing a group of players, who have grown increasingly unhappy at Chelsea in recent weeks, about the direction the club is headed under the Boehly and Clearlake regime.