While the news that Mr Abramovich’s 19-year ownership of the club could be coming to an end caught many by surprise, our head coach’s constant communication with director Marina Granovskaia and our technical and performance advisor Petr Cech meant he was already aware of the possibility.

That took some of the shock out of Wednesday’s confirmation, even if it is not a development the German could have envisaged when he first arrived at Stamford Bridge just over a year ago. Tuchel has now discussed how he became aware of the situation, as well as his initial emotions when the owner’s decision was announced.

‘The moment when the announcement was done, when the news came out, I was in the away dressing room at Luton Town,’ said Tuchel. ‘I knew a little bit before because I am of course in a direct line of communication with Petr and Marina.

‘So I knew a bit before and it was more a process of knowing than actually one moment. It was a process of messages, a process of talks, it’s not like I had two weeks before of nothing and then “okay, it will be sold”. I could feel it coming, I could feel the possibility.

‘It’s hard to describe my feelings and to put it into words. It’s strange, we did not see this coming until recently. For a very long time Chelsea was always a Roman Abramovich club in my point of view and was run by an unbelievably passionate and committed owner, who took the sport that we all love so much, football, so seriously.

‘So this is still new and such a big change that I’m not even sure how I feel about it. In general I’m not a very scared person. In general I don’t worry too long, too much, and try to adapt to the needs of the situation.’

Unsurprisingly, the news has become a frequent topic of conversation among players and staff at our training ground, but Tuchel says that so far nobody has come to him with specific concerns over the future, while the day-to-day routine of life at Cobham and preparing for our next game represents a welcome dose of normality, as well as keeping minds focused on football.

‘We are training together obviously and more generally we meet at the gym, we meet in the physios room, we meet at lunch and breakfast and of course we chat about it, but it’s not like we constantly keep on asking who has a problem and suddenly people understand that they have a problem.

‘I am very happy to come here actually to work because on a daily basis, once we are in the building, there is not a big change because the owner was not here for lunch and was not here for meetings and was not here for training. So this does actually at the moment look very normal and that gives everyone a good feeling and time to figure out how we actually feel about it.

‘In times like this, when it becomes a bit uncertain and there are distractions, it becomes even more important that you have these kinds of routines. It’s like this for me, you have this routine of focusing on what you can influence and this is what we do. So right now it’s about preparation for Burnley.’

Tuchel also addressed speculation about what new ownership at Chelsea might mean for his position as head coach, referencing the manner of his departure from Paris Saint-Germain shortly before coming to west London as an example of why he sees uncertainty as part of the job in his profession, regardless of the current situation.

‘Of course this can happen but it can happen in football even if you win football games around Christmas,’ he added. ‘I train myself to focus on the things we can influence and this is to create an atmosphere to focus on the players and enable them to play strong as a team. Then we end up taking it day by day, to enjoy what we are doing and be the best we can be.’