Cech and Cahill call for Di Matteo to get Chelsea job

Chelsea’s players have lined up to declare Roberto Di Matteo should be appointed manager on a full-time basis after he led them to an astonishing Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich.

The Italian has transformed the club since succeeding Andre Villas-Boas on a temporary basis in March and was rewarded with the first European Cup in the club’s 107-year history.

The players left no doubt that Di Matteo should take the lion’s share of the credit after rescuing a season that appeared destined for disaster and instead turning it into the greatest in the club’s history.