4 best caretaker managers in Premier League history

#1 Roberto Di Matteo

FC Bayern Muenchen v Chelsea FC - UEFA Champions League Final

Roberto Di Matteo, another one of Chelsea's long list of interim managers makes it into our list, for one and one reason only. He guided the club to become the first London based club in history to lift the coveted UEFA Champions League trophy in 2012.

The Italian manager was promoted to lead the first team, after Andre-Villas Boas was dismissed late in the season on 4 March.

With just three months of the season remaining, Matteo had an easy job cut out for him. But, he ended up making the most of the talented squad at his disposal in those three months and ended his temporary charge with two trophies to his name.

He created history as he won the Champions League, inflicting an unlikely loss on Bayern Munich at their own Allianz Arena, etching his name permanently into Chelsea folklore.

He was handed the job on a permanent basis following his success, but suffered the same consequences as that of the man he had replaced just eight months ago in the middle of the 2012-13 season.

And again Chelsea placed an interim manager in Rafael Benitez in his place, who led them to another European title in the Europa League that season.