If Saul Niguez's Chelsea future seemed uncertain before taking to the pitch at Vicarage Road on Wednesday night, Thomas Tuchel soon cleared things up.
After another dismal first-half showing, the Atletico Madrid loanee was uncerimoniously hooked at the break by the German head coach, the second time in as many Premier League starts.
It was supposed to be his renaissance, an opportunity to seize with Mateo Kovacic and N'Golo Kante both ruled out with injury. Instead he delivered another alarmingly inept display.
Replacing him with Thiago Silva, Tuchel was asked about the central midfielder after the narrow 2-1 win against Watford.