Interim boss Calum McFarlane is due to oversee the club's remaining four fixtures of the season, including the FA Cup final. However, eight players may have already worn a Chelsea shirt for the last time.

Liverpool and Chelsea were two of the Premier League's busiest teams in the transfer window last summer. Both clubs seemed to be trying to sign the same players with each of them wanting to improve

The Blues visit Anfield aiming to avoid a seventh consecutive league defeat.

Our correspondents look at how the clubs – who meet on Saturday – got where they are and what must happen next

More is going wrong than right at Chelsea, so how can they fix things? The Athletic earmarks some key areas that need to be addressed

Chelsea are reportedly ready to sell first-team stars this summer as their financial situation takes a dire turn.

Chelsea will be without Robert Sanchez and Jesse Derry when they face Liverpool, with Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho also expected to miss Saturday’s trip to Anfield.Sanchez received treatment and was substituted in the second half of Monday’s 3-1 home defeat by Nottingham Forest following a head-on-head collision with Morgan Gibbs-White.

Chelsea Supporters’ Trust have branded the club “tone deaf” for announcing radical changes to the ticketing system for matches.