3 ways in which Maurizio Sarri's departure would affect Chelsea negatively

#2 The new manager would not have the privilege of building the team to suit his demands

Lampard has been tipped to replace Sarri.

Having run foul of rules concerning the signing and transfer of underaged players, Chelsea found themselves slapped with a two-window transfer ban by FIFA.

The ban means that the club would not be able to sign or register new players for two transfer windows starting with the current one and even though the West London side had the option of appealing the decision at the Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS), reports surfaced that the club did not take up that alternative.

This means that, barring a sporting miracle, The Blues would not be able to augment their playing squad this summer and this is far from ideal for any incoming manager.

At least Sarri had the privilege of having worked with the current crop of players and drilled his methods into them, with Chelsea's end of season success last season indicative of how far he had brought them.

The new manager would not have this concession and the failure to go to the market to shop for his ideal players added to Eden Hazard's departure means that Chelsea could be in for a struggle next season.