Chelsea wear Three logo in Norwich win despite firm suspending deal

Chelsea sported the logo of their shirts sponsors Three in their victory at Norwich on Thursday evening, despite the mobile phone firm suspending their deal with the club earlier in the day.

Trevoh Chalobah, Mason Mount and Kai Havertz were all on target as Thomas Tuchel's men recorded a 3-1 win at Carrow Road to put them eight points clear of Arsenal in fourth, albeit having played two games more.

But the victory came after a day of turmoil at Stamford Bridge which saw the club's owner Roman Abramovich sanctioned by the UK over his links to Vladimir Putin, plunging the club's future into doubt. 

One of the many repercussions of Abramovich's assets being frozen saw shirt sponsors Three suspend their £40million deal.

However, the front of the Blues players' shirts still had the logo of the mobile phone company on it as they defeated Dean Smith's men comfortably for a fourth straight top-flight win.

Sportsmail has contacted Chelsea and Three for comment. 

Social media was also left perplexed by the logo appearing on their shirts, with one Arsenal fan asking: 'Looking at photo's from Carrow Road, Chelsea still have their sponsors logo on their shirts...how is this possible?'

However, one Chelsea supporter tweeted: 'With or without shirt sponsors, Chelsea will be alright.'

A West Ham fan meanwhile made reference to when the Hammers' sponsors XL went bust in 2008, just a month into the season, forcing them to remove their logo at short notice.

'I hope Chelsea do what West Ham did in 2007 when our sponsor went bust and just cover the logo horrendously with the squad number,' the user posted.

A Three statement earlier on Thursday read: 'In light of the Government's recently-announced sanctions, we have requested Chelsea