Jamie Carragher says he ‘never thought’ Chelsea would win the Premier League as first-choice goalkeeper and striker Robert Sanchez and Nicolas Jackson are ‘not at the level’. Chelsea briefly threatened to mount a surprising title challenge earlier in the season before falling out of contention over the last two months.

Premier League club owners can breathe a sigh of relief for another four or five months as managers stop banging down their office door in search of spending money. The 2024-2025 winter transfer window has shut,