Thomas Tuchel has made a whopping nine changes to his Chelsea starting XI for tonight's FA Cup fifth-round tie at Luton Town, which will be played amid the backdrop of the Blues potentially being sold by Roman Abramovich.
Todd Boehly, who owns stakes in the baseball club LA Dodgers and the basketball franchise LA Lakers, is one of the American businessmen understood to be talking with Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss about forming a consortium to purchase Chelsea from Abramovich and a deal could be completed swiftly.
Focusing on the football, with the Blues coming into the game off the back of an energy-sapping Carabao Cup final – and having a number of injuries and fitness concerns – Tuchel has opted to heavily rotate his side.
Kepa Arrizabalaga starts in goal for the Blues and will be hoping to put his disappointment of missing the crucial penalty in Sunday's final against Liverpool behind him.
There appears to be a huge surprise on the right of what we believe is a three-man defence with Ruben Loftus-Cheek set to take up the role of centre-back.
In the middle is expected to be Antonio Rudiger, one of only two players in the side who started the Carabao Cup final, and Malang Sarr will be on the left.
With Cesar Azpilicueta carrying an injury and Reece James overloaded having played an unexpected 70 minutes at Wembley, Callum Hudson-Odoi comes in at right wing-back. On the opposite flank is Kenedy, who makes his first appearance for Chelsea since 2018.
Jorginho comes into central midfield and is partnered by Saul Niguez, who was an unused substitute against Liverpool.
It's perhaps a surprise to see Mason Mount in the starting XI but he will want to prove a point having missed vital chances in the Carabao Cup Cup final.
Romelu Lukaku spearheads the Chelsea frontline and Timo Werner is also back in the Blues attack. Both have points to prove to Tuchel having fallen down the pecking order in recent weeks.
Chelsea: Kepa; Loftus-Cheek, Rudiger, Sarr; Hudson-Odoi, Jorginho, Saul, Kenedy; Mount, Lukaku, Werner
Chelsea substitutes: Mendy, Hall, Williams, James, Kante, Kovacic, Pulisic, Vale, Barkley
