If it hadn't already, the decision may already have been made and the shadow cast. The curtain is already part way to being pulled across the stage, the end is coming. Graham Potter only sat down during the final act and he's not witnessed the lead role at all - he won't be getting his money back though.
For Chelsea, the previously complex contract choices to be made over Jorginho and N'Golo Kante look a lot simpler, they just have months now to plan, potentially for life without two of their midfield stalwarts. The longer this season goes on, the further Chelsea get from Kante's last appearance and the closer they come to his final one.
What will Didier Deschamps be thinking? He had around 15 games to hope Kante could keep himself fresh for the World Cup, a last hurrah perhaps, and the Frenchman hasn't returned since early August.
