So it turns out Todd Boehly is going to have to do some work on his dressing room pep talks. To no one’s great surprise, it appears that marching into the players’ sanctuary a few days before the biggest game of their season and calling them embarrassing was not the motivational game-changer he thought it would be. Three days on from Boehly’s idea of a call to arms, Chelsea’s season is over.
The players he has assembled at a cost of over £600m did not let themselves down in the second leg of their Champions League quarter final against Real Madrid as they tried to overcome a 2-0 deficit from the first leg at the Bernabeu last week.