Hello and welcome to football.london’s live Chelsea blog on Thursday.
It’s been a mixed week so far for the Blues, so Thomas Tuchel will be keen to bounce back from the club’s third successive defeat in the FA Cup final against Leicester City at Stamford Bridge this evening.
Due to Arsenal’s loss at Newcastle on Monday night, the west Londoners have secured Champions League qualification, lifting a weight off Chelsea’s shoulders. The Leicester and Watford fixtures are chances now to give some fringe players more minutes ahead of the summer.
After those two games, all attentions then turn towards the summer transfer window and with Todd Boehly’s takeover not yet over the line, the club are certainly in a rush to complete it so proper planning for the market can commence.
Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde and others have already been linked, so we will keep you posted on football.london with all the latest transfer developments around these two targets and more as the day progresses.