Tommy Martin: Hire ‘em, wire ‘em and fire ‘em has served Chelsea well 

The Blues' new ownership has signalled calm and continuity through the comforting swish of the guillotine’s blade.

CHOPPED: Former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel. Photo: Steven Paston/PA Wire.

And so ends the Thomas Tuchel era, a long and glorious reign that stretches back into the mists of time, at least by Chelsea’s standards.

Tuchel lasted 589 days as football’s version of the drummer in Spinal Tap. In terms of longevity, that beats Messrs Lampard, Sarri, Benitez, Di Matteo, Villas-Boas, Scolari, Grant and both Hiddink interregnums. It is well known that the tenure of Chelsea managers is measured in dog years, so we should think of Tuchel as lovable Old Shep, gone to live on the farm.