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When Rafa Benitez was appointed Chelsea's interim first team manager, I jotted down in my notes that the best thing the Spaniard had going for him was that he was not Avram Grant.
I almost spoke too soon.
Just three games into Benitez's regime, in the wake of a humiliating 3-1 surrender at West Ham, reports circulated by the reputable Chelsea "Kremlinologist," Neil Ashton of the Daily Mail, suggested Roman Abramovich was poised to bring Grant back as an "adviser" to fix his team's problems.
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