By my calculations, that win puts Chelsea’s earnings from this tournament up to a minimum of $104 million from this tournament if they finish as runners-up on Sunday, rising to $114 million if they win the final.

That’s not a bad return having played three Brazilian teams, Benfica, LAFC and Esperance de Tunis. Then when you consider Chelsea are only in this tournament because they won the Champions League four years ago under a different ownership, it all seems rather peculiar.

The only starting player on the field today from Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Man City in 2021 which qualified them for this tournament is Thiago Silva – but he now plays for Fluminense.