Why Chelsea & Maurizio Sarri's Future Face a Total Reckoning This Week

"A week is a long time in politics."

That quote from Harold Wilson ahead of the 1964 general election has been used countless times in the 55 intervening years because, as it turns out, a week is a long time in a myriad of mediums. And, unsurprisingly, sport is no exception, especially at Chelsea.

But the pace of this upcoming week for the Blues - a truly pivotal one in the tenure of Maurizio Sarri - will depend on a number of variables both in and out of the club's control.