Four intriguing temporary places homeless Chelsea could play during six year Stamford Bridge revamp

The year is 2030. Todd Boehly leads a caravan train of dishevelled millionaires through a gathering dusk that will inevitably swallow the litter-strewn streets of the capital. Their faces are smudged with soot and grime, and the soles of their shoes flap loose with each weary step, like the worn rubber mouths of a tragic mime troupe. Things are bad. Chained to contracts that span epochs, and currently on their hunt for a 446th permanent manager in less than a decade, Chelsea's squad are suffering from low morale. Matters are not helped by the fact that Mykhailo Mudryk was recently sold off to a roving gang of wise-cracking pickpockets, or that they had to eat Marc Cucurella just to survive the winter. They are also homeless.

You see, according to a report from The Sun, the Blues are considering the possibility of a significant renovation at Stamford Bridge. The stadium is overdue for redevelopment, and it is understood that those in charge of such decisions are weighing up whether to press ahead with a £2 billion refurbishment of the historic ground, or whether they should instead abandon it like a bunch of venture capitalist hermit crabs in favour of a brand new build in nearby Earl's Court.

It is quite the quandary, and not least because it has been suggested that work on Stamford Bridge could leave Chelsea without a fixed abode for somewhere in the region of six years. For a club currently grappling with the kind of unhinged disarray that the Blues are, that feels like a daunting, soul-sapping prospect. But here at 3 Added Minutes, we are nothing if not helpful, and so, with that in mind, allow us to do our very best Phil Spencer impression (minus the trophy-hunting) as we try to find a suitable home for Chelsea in the meantime.

Craven Cottage

Fulham are no strangers to a ground share themselves, having spent a couple of years between 2002 and 2004 snuggling up to QPR at Loftus Road. Craven Cottage is just two miles away from the Bridge, give or take, and if Chelsea were looking for somewhere close to home and fit for Premier League football, they could do far, far worse. Whether the Cottagers would be willing to sublet to their West London rivals, however, is another matter entirely.

Wembley

If it's good enough for Tottenham... Spurs famously made the national stadium their temporary home for a while during the wait for their own state of the art ground to be finished, and while it was a little bit surreal to watch Premier League fixtures played there on a fortnightly basis, it functioned perfectly fine. Perhaps Chelsea could take a leaf out of their rivals' book.

Move the club entirely

Todd 'The Hotrod' Boehly is a child of the madcap ways of American sport, and whether it be his adoration for never-ending contracts (brings a whole new meaning to 'Infinite Athlete', doesn't it?) or his fondness for a club shop baseball cap, the Chelsea owner has certainly dipped a willing toe into the Yank-ification of proceedings at Stamford Bridge. Would he, therefore, be above upping sticks and moving the 'franchise' to another city entirely? You'd hope so, but where Todd is concerned, you can never fully rule anything out.

Just stop playing for a bit

Give the poor fans a break. After the horrors of the past couple of seasons and the absurd financial outlays that have slowly transformed Chelsea from European heavyweights to perennial laughing stocks, maybe everybody associated with the club could use six years to let the dust settle and gather themselves. It can't be any more painful than the stress of watching Mauricio Pochettino's squad every Saturday afternoon.