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Chelsea will begin preparations after one day off on Monday ahead of their midweek trip across to the English Channel to take on Lille in the second leg of their Round of 16 Champions League tie.

The Blues won the first leg by 2-0 courtesy of goals from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic.

Since, then a lot has changed in such a short space of time. Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned and there were and still are worries that the club won't have enough money for travel to France for this midweek trip.

"My last information is we are getting a plane. So we can go by plane and come back by plane. If not, we'll go by train. If not, we'll go by bus. If not, I'll drive a seven-seater. Honestly, I will do it. You can mark my words, I will do to arrive there," Thomas Tuchel reflected in his post-match press conference on Sunday.

"If you asked me 20 years ago, 30 years ago, if I would join a Champions League match at the sideline and what I was willing to do, I'd say, 'ok, where do I have to be and when?' Why should this change?

"I will be there and we will be there. Of course, organisation wise, there are some negotiations going on and talks, but it doesn't influence me. That's what I mean, we have brilliant guys who organise the travel and we have, in every department, such committed people that at the moment