N'Golo Kante has admitted that the Chelsea squad have been caught off-guard by Roman Abramovich's shock decision to sell the club.
Having become Chelsea's owner back in 2003, Abramovich has rarely looked like relinquishing control at Stamford Bridge for much of the last 19 years.
However, following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the 55-year-old opted to hand over the 'stewardship' of Chelsea to the trustees of the club's charitable foundation on Saturday.
With MPs calling for Abramovich to be sanctioned, the Chelsea owner then went one step further by announcing on Wednesday that he was putting the club up for sale.