A Chelsea legend has opened up about his recent departure from the Premier League giants.

Many Blues supporters were surprised when legendary goalkeeper Petr Cech left Chelsea for the second time.

Cech had been working as the club's technical and performance advisor, a role that was never fully explained the public.

Cech left along with other staff tied to ex-owner Roman Abramovich, who sold the club due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"We all know that there were a lot of changes," Cech stated on Monday Night Football on Sky Sports.

"With the difficulty of the sanctions, the difficulty of changing the circumstance, if you go through transitions or changing of ownership which is planned and prepared, then of course you plan and prepare for it.

"You know the timeline, you know exactly what will be happening, and you can plan with it. You have discussions about your future plans. Then, some things are happening very quickly and you end up in the situation when you discover how things might work, what is the new vision, and the way I am and the way I do things, I have to believe that I'm 100% into the case, so when you have a lot of changes and you have that feeling that it might be too many changes to fit in, I felt like when everything changed, maybe it would be beneficial to everybody if people choose their own people.

"You come as a new owner and you can choose the people you want to work with and you probably have the people who feel like they are 100% in it, and I felt that at that moment it was probably best for everybody if I was not there. The new owners wanted me to stay but it was my decision to go. This is what I wanted to do and I believed it was the right decision for me and for everybody. I miss my work, I really enjoyed it but at the same time, I don't regret it."