All the latest news from around Stamford Bridge over the past 24 hours.
Cahill on Sarri
Crystal Palace defender Gary Cahill has revealed why it went wrong for him in his last season at Chelsea, and why he chose a move to Selhurst Park amid interest from Arsenal.
Cahill spent seven-and-a-half years at Stamford Bridge following a move from Bolton in January 2012, winning everything there is to win with the Blues.
He had an incredibly successful time in West London, playing a key role in the 2014/15 and 2016/17 Premier League title wins under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte respectively, and was named club captain in 2017.
But after Conte left at the end of the 2017/18 season, Maurizio Sarri joined as manager and Cahill only went on to make two Premier League appearances the following season.
"We went to the 2018 World Cup, got to the semi-finals, so I missed pre-season, which I think was massive looking back now," Cahill told the Mail.
"[Sarri] was very much into his tactics, probably too much, and I missed all of that.
"I was on the back foot. To be brutally honest, halfway through the season, the relationship was gone. I don't think that was ever going to be recovered.
"It's difficult to have respect for some of the things he did. But I have a lot of respect for the club, and for the players. As a big figure then, as captain, to go about things totally the wrong way, which I easily could have done, it's not the way to do it.
"Was that easy? No. Was that one of the most mentally toughest things to deal with? Especially because it went on for so long? 100%."
Transfer boost in Telles pursuit
Chelsea look to have received a transfer boost in their chase to sign Porto left-back Alex Telles.
Blues boss Frank Lampard is said to be keen on bringing in a new full-back, with neither Marcos Alonso or Emerson Palmieri staking a strong claim to the position this season.
Various reports have linked Chelsea with a move for Telles at the end of the current season, who looks likely to leave Porto.
The 27-year-old will have just one year remaining on his contract, and the Portuguese club are hoping to sell him on for a decent price while they still can.
Paris Saint-Germain chief Leonardo is also said to be extremely keen on the Brazil international, but they are now said to be looking elsewhere.
That is because Telles recently changed agent to Pini Zahavi, who has close ties to Stamford Bridge.
UEFA warning
The Premier League season has been suspended indefinitely as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
Premier League clubs had a meeting on Friday to discuss plans for the end of the season, with no games having been played since March 9.
The season was suspended initially until the end of March, before that was moved to the end of April. And now the campaign has suspended indefinitely, with no set return date until it is safe to do so.
There is a general consensus that the season should be completed, come what may, and that declaring the 2019/20 campaign null and void should be the last resort.
Voiding the season would cause issues in terms of promotion, relegation and financial difficulties from TV broadcasters and sponsors' points of view.
UEFA also had a meeting this week and they have issued a warning to the big clubs in the Premier League over voiding the season.
UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, the chairman of the European Club Association, Andrea Agnelli, and Lars-Christer Olsson, the president of European Leagues sent out a joint letter sent on Thursday night to Europe’s national FAs, leagues and top-division clubs.
In it, they maintained that remaining club matches in national leagues and the Champions and Europa Leagues admitted teams needed to qualify for the Champions League and Europa League in the normal way to take part next season.
