How much longer does Graham Potter have to save his job at Chelsea? How near is he to a line that he dare not cross? We don't know for sure, because there is no hard evidence on how loyal or patient the club's new co-owner Todd Boehly might be with a manager he personally picked to take control less than six months ago.
The project was to build a new Chelsea dynasty with bright young players led by the kind of innovative bright coaching that made Potter a big success at Brighton, where he led the modest south coast outfit to a best-ever ninth-place finish and produced an attractive brand of football.