Now we’ll discover whether Chelsea’s owners really will stand by their man in a world of pain - as they should.
Roman Abramovich would have wielded the axe already - as we know. But, doubling down on their shock move to sack Thomas Tuchel last September, Todd Boehly and his co-owner Behdad Eghbali maintained they’d stick with Graham Potter - whether Chelsea finish in the top four in May or not.
So let’s see. The Blues’ struggles are as much of their making as they are his. Tuchel was sacked because he didn’t share their vision. They then saddled Potter with a group of players that were not his - and have watched the club go backwards.
