Three Chelsea staff broke the Champions League trophy after taking pictures of themselves holding it during an impromptu late-night photo session.
The trio - all security personnel at Stamford Bridge - have been suspended from their jobs pending a full investigation.

Reports claim that another member of staff noticed that one of the handles was hanging off the side of the famous cup, and reported the damage to senior club officials.

The trophy was immediately sent to a London silversmith for emergency repairs, and is now back as good as new - but furious club chief executive Ron Gourlay has ordered a thorough internal enquiry into what happened.

The Daily Mail reports that the three security staff were not on duty at the time of the incident, and were in the building without permission.

A club spokesman confirmed that the staff members had been taking pictures of themselves with the trophy when the accident happened.

Trophies at Stamford Bridge are usually kept in a locked cabinet, but the cup - won with a famous penalty shoot-out triumph over Bayern Munich in the final - was on open display as a reward to the club's staff.

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Na dia thing go different...Real Madrid won it 9 times nothing do τ̣̣ђё cup...Only once ɑ̤̥̈̊n̶̲̥̅̊d̶̲̥̅̊ d̶̲̅ε̲̣γ̲̣ don break τ̣̣ђё cup nonsense group of staffs ɑ̤̥̈̊n̶̲̥̅̊d̶̲̥̅̊ fans!

@splashbaby,
shut those gutters of urs or i will shut them for u. why won't we break the trophy after all the wayo decisions to rob us on many occasions? by the way, are you sure that ur corrupt uefa gave us the original trophy? if i may ask you, what is the face value of that shiny cup that our money making machine cannot print and give u ppl back? you sound like a frustrated arsenal fan. we want to break the trophy so that u ppl will not win it.