“Keep The Blue Flag Flying High“—a motto that echoes throughout Stamford Bridge and one that Chelsea truly strives to live by. On Sunday night, the English giants gave us yet another glimpse of how seriously they take this little slogan, becoming champions of the world after defeating Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 to clinch the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. The headline, of course, tells a different story, as many see it as the Conference League winners toppling the Champions League winners—no wonder Levi Colwill couldn’t resist throwing some major shade at Europe’s biggest domestic tournament.

It’s quite probable to give the center-back, who joined Chelsea a year after they secured their UCL title, and is yet to taste that glory. He didn’t hesitate to give the CWC the highest recognition. “I think the Club World Cup will be bigger than the Champions League, and we were the first team to win it. In the future, I think this will be the biggest tournament in the world,” he added.

“A season that ends in the best possible way,” wrote the Southampton-born defender on Instagram while holding the Club World Cup high above his head. This indicates that this trophy means a lot to him; in fact, so much so that he even regards this win more than a European trophy. “This is the biggest trophy I’ve ever won,” Colwill told reporters after the game.

Bigger than the Champions League? The very trophy long regarded as the key metric to crown its winner the best club in the world? In Levi’s dictionary, well yes—and technically, even rightfully so, as the FIFA-organized tournament actually brings together the best clubs from around the globe, unlike the UCL, which only features European teams.

No wonder Colwill takes immense pride in winning a fully revamped edition of the Club World Cup as the first-ever team to do so, calling it a “huge” achievement. Additionally, the 23-year-old made it clear he isn’t just hyping up the win because his team claimed it; the joy of playing matches every four or five days, in front of massive crowds, against opponents you’ve barely faced before, is simply beyond comprehension.

And the fact that they defeated the deemed and doomed favorites of the tournament, who had just come by securing their first domestic treble, is no less than a “statement victory” in Colwill’s vocabulary. Not to mention the world-class talent that the Parisians had under the leadership of a serial winner manager like Luis Enrique.

“That’s our plan: to win the biggest trophies for Chelsea. We’re definitely capable of doing it. I think we’ve shown that. Everyone said that PSG were the best team in the world, but we won 3-0,” concluded the former Huddersfield star. If such is the feeling of Levi Colwill, we wonder how the entire locker room is feeling. Well, no one is going to settle for less!

Chelsea eyes Premier League and Champions League glory!

While further praising his team for defying the odds and securing an emphatic win, Levi Colwill also praised his compatriots for keeping the legacy of former players alive. “We’re a team, and that’s in the Chelsea identity. You stick together no matter what. I think players like John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, they started that and we’re carrying it on,” he said.

While the Chelsea academy star couldn’t have been more grateful in giving his ardent fans all kinds of ‘bragging rights on every other club in the world’, Colwill hopes that the London-based club keeps their winning momentum alive for the upcoming new season, vowing to build on the recent success to either win the PL or UCL.

“Yeah, definitely. I said at the start of this tournament that our plan is to win it and people looked at me as if I was crazy. So I’m going to say the exact same thing now going into the Premier League and Champions League,” concluded Levi Colwill.

There you go — a message from the youngster on behalf of the entire Chelsea team for other clubs to watch out for. Then again, only time will tell how much they can keep up their promise!