With Antonio Conte widely expected to leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the current season, citing lack of support in the transfer market as his main reason for not being able to deliver any silverware, his replacement, as of yet, remains a mystery.

For a start, who would want the job? The type of managers who take over at the top clubs nowadays don’t exactly do so for the money so that aspect is, to a large extent, irrelevant. They can afford to wait for the job they really want which, depending upon who the manager in question happens to be, may depend on country, the owner, the availble transfer kitty or even the players.

The desired job may not always become available so coaches must have second and third club profiles which fit their requirements. Imagine waiting for the Manchester United job from just after Alex Ferguson took over, quite a wait!

So, money aside, what are the attractions of a club like Chelsea at present? Well, the owner is usually quite happy to spend some money but he has to see results for his outlay. He does appear to be spending less lately but this may be just because he doesn’t see the team progressing this season and he doesn’t see the manager being there next!

Signings such as Olivier Giroud and Danny Drinkwater, whilst both good players, were hardly going to get the fans off their seats in excitement and were seen, by some, as the club regressing from their days when any signing had to break a record of some kind.

On the flip side, the owner can also be quite trigger-happy even with a successful manager. Take the short reigns of Roberto Di Matteo and Rafa Benitez as examples. Both won European trophies, both were fired the following season. So success doesn’t always provide job security.

What else? The club certainly has at least a couple of world class players and others who aren’t far away so, with maybe a couple more additions, they should be challenging on all fronts in the near future.

In a nutshell, Chelsea is a club which should be attractive to any of the top managers who isn’t looking to stay in one place for very long. It is a job for the nomadic managers.

Always a good club to have on a CV, particularly if it was a successful spell, it will help in obtaining another job at another of Europe’s top clubs.

José Mourinho, Rafa Benitez and Carlo Ancelotti all went on to Real Madrid after successful periods at Stamford Bridge and despite the fact that the latter two had been fired. The latter two would be fired again by Madrid but hey, which successful manager hasn’t been fired? It’s almost a necessary evil!

In closing, there have been no real clues as to who will be taking over at Stamford Bridge next season but one thing is for sure, whoever it is will be given support, money and very little of what he will need most which is time.