Erin Cuthbert hopes Chelsea can win elusive Champions League after disappointment in 2025

6th August 2025 Oliver Taliku
PFA Players' Player of the Year shortlist. Erin Cuthbert Chelsea
Erin Cuthbert was named PFA player of the season in 2024/25 

Chelsea’s Erin Cuthbert is hoping that the Blues can atone for last season’s disappointment in the Champions League after an early elimination by Barcelona.

Cuthbert was named Chelsea player of the season in 2024/25 for the second time in her lengthy career.

Chelsea’s Champions League heartbreak

Last season Chelsea had a chance to finally rule Europe as well as England as they advanced to the Champions League semi-finals.

Despite reaching the latter stages in the knockouts Chelsea were humbled by Barcelona.

Their Spanish opponents showed their experience in Europe with two 4-1 wins sending the Catalonian side through to a final against Arsenal.

After being eliminated by Barcelona, Chelsea’s wait for an elusive Champions League title continued.

Blues veteran Erin Cuthbert arguably desires a European title more than anyone else in the team having played for Chelsea since 2016.

“I would love to win the Champions League; it’s the only trophy I haven’t won at the club. You need to have a good domestic season to be able to be firing on all cylinders. I don’t think you get one without the other.

“It’s certainly what the club wants, and as players, we do talk about it, we do want it, but there’s one thing wanting it and another thing doing it. It’s up to us to go and make it happen.”

Last year Chelsea still won the WSL despite European misery, making it six league titles in a row.

Is Sonia Bompastor the key to Chelsea winning in Europe?

Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor has now been in charge of the women’s team for one full season.

The Spaniard inherited one of the best squads in the world at the beginning of the year but winning the league was anything but a given.

“Sonia has a foot in the door, and she feels comfortable, so I think she’s going to hone in on exactly what she wants us to do now,” Cuthbert continued. “She’s going to demand a lot from us this season. The league is, of course, going to be tighter, maybe more so than last year.”

Although Chelsea will no doubt be favoured to win the league with Betting sites, last year’s Champions League winners in Arsenal are sure to be in the mix.

The Gunners recently signed Sofia Smith from Liverpool for the first-ever £1million transfer in women’s football.

“We built up a bit of a gap at the end of last season. That was due to our depth and the mentality and resilience we have in the squad, but it’s certainly getting tougher.

“Everybody thinks winning a league six times is easy, but honestly, it’s one of the hardest things to do in the world to keep up that level of consistency against high-quality opponents.”

Chelsea themselves have made four signings so far this summer with Mara Alber, Ellie Carpenter, Livia Peng and Becky Spencer all joining the Blues.

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Olly Taliku has worked with highly respected sports and gambling websites where he has produced hundreds of articles, as well as being published with Burton Albion and Chesterfield FC. At Burton Olly worked closely alongside the women's team, producing mainly matchday content including reports and interviews. He also has experience as an accredited Premier League and EFL writer for Prost International where he worked during the 2021/22 season to produce matchday content as an on location reporter. Olly specialises in women's football as well as long form SEO content plus news and tips. While he enjoys writing about all football, Olly supports Arsenal passionately as a lifelong fan of the club.