Ruud Gullit has urged the club to invest in new blood to finally win the Champions League after branding them "powerless" against Inter Milan.
Gullit, manager at Stamford Bridge between 1996 and 1998, believes Carlo Ancelotti's squad cannot win the trophy owner Roman Abramovich craves without a fresh injection of talent.
When asked if the current squad can be crowned European champions next season, Gullit said: "Not any more. This was their last chance. They need to add players to this team.
"Against Inter it was a difficult match for them, they couldn't outsmart them and they looked powerless. The worst thing to see was no creativity, no ideas, no-one to do something and change the game."
He added on Sky Sports: "They did everything, they started 4-3-3, then went 4-4-2, then put on (Salomon) Kalou and (Joe) Cole and they had nothing. They couldn't change the game. Their best player was the goalkeeper."
Even Chelsea players admitted Jose Mourinho, their former manager, got his tactics right to send Ancelotti's men out of the competition at the last-16 stage.
"The longer the game went on we had no answer to create something, we are really disappointed," said midfielder Michael Ballack on official website chelseafc.com.
"We have to be focused on the league now and that is also a big competition for us because we haven't won it for the last few years."
Didier Drogba was sent off against Inter and UEFA's disciplinary committee will decide whether his red card triggers a two-match suspended ban, which was part of his punishment for his angry reaction after the defeat to Barcelona last season.
Drogba added: 'I think that Inter made a great match and they deserved to win. [The dismissal] is difficult to take because yes, I stepped on his calf, but I don't think I deserved this red card.
"Probably, we missed the chance in the first match in Milan, in which we had many opportunities but we failed to score more. Inter were better in the second leg. I think that now they can go very far in the competition.
"The most important thing is we are out of the competition. We didn't play the way we wanted, Inter stopped us playing and that's what made the game difficult for us. It is a difficult result and now we are going to have to focus on the league and FA Cup."
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