Chelsea have now officially won every major title as Kante joins exclusive club of players

Chelsea held their nerve to secure FIFA Club World Cup glory against Palmeiras on Saturday.

The Blues exorcised the demons of their infamous 2012 defeat to Corinthians by ensuring that they didn’t let a second chance to become men’s club world champions pass them by.

However, that’s not to say that victory in Abu Dhabi was an easy task as the game went all the way to extra time with Romelu Lukaku and Raphael Veiga having exchanged goals in the regulation 90 minutes.

But alas, Chelsea didn’t need a penalty shootout to secure silverware as they did in the UEFA Super Cup with Kai Havertz holding his nerve to score a deciding spot-kick after 117 minutes.

While the Club World Cup certainly doesn’t carry the gravity and reverence of most other major club competitions, you could nevertheless sense the sheer joy from Chelsea at finally getting their hands on it.

After all, not only were the west London club out to right the wrongs of their final defeat in 2012, but they were also looking to make history by winning the one major title that had eluded them.

In fact, according to Miguel Delaney, victory for Chelsea meant that they became only the fifth European club in the history of the men’s game to have won every major honour that has been available to them.

The Blues have now won the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and the Community Shield if you include that too.

The only other clubs to feature in this remarkable ensemble of footballing institutions are Juventus, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Ajax.

Real Madrid and Liverpool are held back by the fact that they have never won the Cup Winners’ Cup, which, although now discontinued, was most certainly