Chelsea are a club where the fans and owners are used to demanding success. This ambition to win trophies means there is only very limited patience when results are not going the right way, and a decision always needs to be made around how long a manager is given to build momentum and give confidence that the club is heading in the right direction.

For the last two decades Chelsea have been winners and have had a lot of managers come in and find success. These managers have often been Champions League winning managers and the most sought after names in the game, and Chelse agave been ruthless with them, switching them out when there has been a dip in results.

Regardless of the owners, this is what happened to Tuchel when Chelsea won just three of their opening seven games of the season. That was deemed not good enough and Tuchel was sacked, despite winning the Champions League, Super Cup and Club World Cup in his short tenure. Tuchel had already shown his quality as a manager but when results started to slide he was sacked.

Graham Potter came in after an impressive few seasons as Brighton manager, but he did not have the CV of managers like Tuchel, so was required to prove himself and hit the ground running. We know what happened next and we know that had a big impact on the current situation of Chelsea, who have struggled this season, currently sitting in 11th place in the Premier League.

You have to say the results weren’t good enough for a club like Chelsea, especially after how much has been invested into new recruits this season. Now we look to the future and who the next manager might be. 

Chelsea are planning to speak with seven managers and have already talked with Julian Nagelsmann who is the favourite after his exit from Bayern. Nagelsmann himself knows all about the ruthless nature of top clubs, with his sacking coming despite winning Bundesliga last season and only losing two of Byaern’s last 10 games, while facing Man City in the Champions League next.

He’s had success at Hoffenheim, RB Leipzeig and Bayern, becoming the youngest manager in Champions League history, and took Leipzig to the semi-finals of the competition. 

They have also spoken to Mauricio Pochettino and Luis Enrique. The big question is have Chelsea done their homework before releasing Potter and not after they released him.

In the journey to success the owners know that planning ahead is what got them where they are, but now I have a feeling this test will take them longer than they thought. The other part is that they need to make sure the next coach can work with the players they have signed and the new coach can dictate what is coming in next, because Potter never gave me the feeling that he was having a say in the new recruitments.

Nagelsmann’s situation is the closest but let’s see who Chelsea progress with. #mmlove