The world of Chelsea Football Club caved in this week after the government's sanctioned their Russian owner Roman Abramovich over his links to Vladimir Putin in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.
The Stamford Bridge club, who are the reigning European and world champions, suddenly find themselves in an existential fight to survive with Abramovich's sale of the club paused, ticket and merchandise sales frozen, and sponsors withdrawing millions in revenue.
The 19 years of Abramovich's ownership have witnessed almost constant success, including five Premier League titles, five FA Cups, three League Cups and the Champions League twice as Chelsea became a global powerhouse on and off the pitch.
But now the club could go bust within weeks as they fight for special dispensation from the government to be passed on to new owners.
What is for sure is that if Chelsea emerge from the wreckage, it will be a far more modest club than we have come to know.
However, for supporters with memories beyond the past two decades, it will simply be a case of Chelsea reverting to how they were before the Abramovich billions arrived.
They'd only won one league title in their whole history and, though a useful cup side with the odd European triumph thrown in, Chelsea had regularly dipped down into the second division during the 1970s and 1980s.
