'We go day by day' - Petr Cech on Chelsea's future without Roman Abramovich

Chelsea technical director Petr Cech says the Champions League holders have to take its future “day by day” with the Premier League club reportedly allowed to be sold. The UK government say Chelsea can continue to operate under a «special licence». The special licence allows Chelsea to fulfil fixture commitments, pay staff, including coaches and players, and spend up to £900,000 to host home fixtures; an increase from the £500,000 outlined when the sanctions were announced.

Ad/> But there are still questions about how the club can feasibly sustain itself without an owner. Chelsea's shirt sponsor Three suspended its deal with the club and Barclays placed a temporary freeze on the Blues’ bank accounts. Premier LeagueCandy promises Chelsea fans seat on the board if takeover successful3 HOURS AGO Cech says the people who work at Chelsea simply have to continue as usual and hopes the situation gets resolved.

“It’s been devastating to watch what’s been happening in Ukraine,” the former Chelsea goalkeeper told Sky Sports. “I hope that the situation improves soon and that people will stop suffering. «If you compare it to what’s happening here at the football club it’s of course being a difficult situation because we have a lot of questions but we do not have many answers.

“But we have to concentrate on things we can control. Which is obviously is working with people, support each other, come to training, prepare and focus on the games. “The team have the support around to do it and we would like to keep the integrity of the Premier League to be prepared as much as possible and try to do our best.