There is very rarely any certainty at Chelsea Football Club. As someone so eloquently put it on social media 'every Chelsea manger is an interim one'.
This was something Bruno Saltor was very aware of having taken temporary charge of the club following the dismissial of Graham Potter. Following the draw against Liverpool, Chelsea's coach expected little: "As it stands, I expect to go home and rest and focus on day-by-day."
Even in the short term, it never looked like a long-term arrangement. From each of his press conferences, a degree of reluctance could be seen in the Spanish coach who had worked exclusively under Potter and suggested that the 47-year-old facilitating a 'smooth transition' was the reason he was still at Cobham.
