With Chelsea picking up a point against Manchester United on Sunday, the Blues' attention now turns away from the Premier League for the time being.
The 1-1 draw with the Red Devils, along with Arsenal's defeat at Leicester ensured that Chelsea remained in the driving seat for fourth place in the Premier League table and therefore a place in the Champions League next season.
Maurizio Sarri's men are in Europa League semi-final action tonight (Thursday) as they face German side Eintracht Frankfurt at the Commerzbank-Arena with the hope of putting one foot firmly in the final of the competition.
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The Blues reached this stage of the competition with a 5-3 aggregate win over Slavia Praha in the quarter-finals., and will be hoping for a repeat performance for the semi-finals.
For all the latest Chelsea news over the last 24 hours, including buildup to the game, take a look below.
Rudiger sends a message to the fans
Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger has sent a message to the fans after undergoing knee surgery that will see him miss the rest of the season.
The 26-year-old suffered the injury during the club's one all draw with Manchester United on Sunday, and has quickly taken to social media following the operation.
"What a pity I won't be able to help my team during the last games of the season,"he posted on Instagram. "But my knee surgery went well and I'm already positive again.
"Thanks for all your messages and comments.
"And special thanks to the efforts of Professor Mariani and his team."
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How do Eintracht plan to stop Eden Hazard?
Eintracht Frankfurt manager Adi Hutter has reveled that he has a plan to stop Chelsea's Eden Hazard ahead of their Europa League semi-final. But he was reluctant to share too many details.
The opposition manager was full of praise for the Belgian in his pre-match press conference on Wednesday.
"Yes, I have a plan in my head [to stop Hazard], naturally," he said. "But please, I can't tell it to you here and now. We just have to show it out on the pitch tomorrow.”
“Well, he's one of the best players in the world, a player other big clubs would like to have. In one on one duels, he's very dynamic. You have to double up on him.
"He's a great receiver of balls, so to take him out of the play, we have to try so hard. He's one of the top three players, world-wide, on the wing.”
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Jim Ratcliffe refuses to rule out buying the club
There has been many reports over the last few months about a potential takeover at Chelsea, with Britain's richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe the man that has been linked with buying the club from current owner Roman Abramovich, who is reportedly considering selling the Blues.
Now, the British businessman has refused to rule out the possibility of becoming the club's new owner.
"I think we've dipped our toe into the water with football," he told BBC Sport's Dan Roan. "It's a very different sport. It's quite a complicated sport and a complicated world, and we've dipped our toe in the water.
"We're in the process of learning. We brought this club in Switzerland, and that's really been educational.
"We haven't got to where we've got to in our chemicals and business world by being impetuous and rash and stupid, obviously.
"We recognise it's a very complex world, and we're going through that process of learning.
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"We're not in a desperate hurry to get to the end game in football."
When asked directly if he was interested in purchasing Chelsea, his response was interesting.
“You never say no, but I don’t know where those conversations will finish.."
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