The Chelsea Supporters' Trust have called for chairman Bruce Buck and chief executive Guy Laurence to tender their resignations after the club withdrew from plans for a European Super League.
The Blues - along with Manchester City - led the way as the Premier League Big Six all confirmed in statements on Tuesday night they would no longer be participating in plans to form a controversial 12-team breakaway league.
Chelsea fans held a protest against the Super League before their goalless draw at home to Stamford Bridge, and were later seen celebrating once news of their withdrawal had filtered through.
But the club's statement - the last to be released of the Big Six clubs - failed to apologise for their intentions, stating simply: 'As reported earlier this evening, Chelsea Football Club can confirm that it has begun the formal procedures for withdrawal from the group developing plans for a European Super League.
'Having joined the group late last week, we have now had time to consider the matter fully and have decided that our continued participation in these plans would not be in the best interests of the Club, our supporters or the wider football community.'
But in a statement of their own, the club's official supporters' trust expressed zero confidence in the board, and demanded Buck and Laurence leave the club as well as an in-depth look at why the club signed up for plans for the breakaway league.
'It has been confirmed that Chelsea Football Club is officially withdrawing their intention to join the European Super League,' it read. 'Whilst this is a huge win for supporters worldwide, our fight to secure the proper future of the club will continue.
'The Chelsea Supporters' Trust is appalled with the tone and insincerity of the statement issued by CFC today.
'We request a full and in-depth explanation as to why the board took the decision to turn their back on the European competition and for CFC to explain why they signed up to the Super League without prior consultation with their loyal supporters.
'We are disappointed that an apology has not been included in the statement. The legacy of our club was put at risk for what appears to have been solely for financial gain.
'The CST presently have little or no confidence in our current leadership at board level. On Monday, Bruce Buck extensively defended CFC's plan to remain in the Super League at a fans' forum meeting.
'Buck, alongside Laurence, appears to have given no consideration towards the loyal supporters, so their positions would seem untenable moving forward,' the statement continued.
'Our relations with CFC will remain frayed until we have a better understanding of why this decision happened and we are assured that change and safeguards are put in place.
'The CST will not rest until we are comfortable that change and protections are put in place, because 116 years of history was jeopardised. This is our club and will remain our club.'
Buck - who informed Chelsea's players of the club's intention to join the Super League in a meeting on Monday before their dramatic withdrawal - has been chairman since 2003, while Laurence was appointed in his current role in January 2018.
Thomas Tuchel meanwhile stated he was not the right man to discuss the plans after his side's 0-0 draw with Brighton.
'This is the most competitive league in the world and also because the owners built such strong teams, don't forget it,' he said.
'I would like to hear the real detail behind it. I can only repeat that I am not the right person to talk about it.'
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