‘I didn’t know where Chelsea was, but I wanted to go because Gullit wanted me so much. I was broken-hearted to see him leave. You don’t do that to a legend’ Frank LeBoeuf on Ruud Gullit’s Blues exit

Ruud Gullit poses after signing for Chelsea, June 1995.

Unexpected managerial exits are not a new thing at Chelsea.

While the current regime has continued in the same vein as former owner Roman Abramovich, there was a precedent set long before the Russian oligarch arrived in west London, with six different managers taking charge of the club during the 1990s.