Abramovich: Ranking all 13 Chelsea managers, including Mourinho, Tuchel & Lampard

The heady Roman Abramovich era at Chelsea is coming to an end with the Russian tycoon yesterday announcing he will be selling the club.

Abramovich has poured millions into the club since his 2003 takeover, transforming the west Londoners from perennial Premier League also-rans into a genuine European superpower.

Some of the greatest players to ever kick a football about have worn the famous Chelsea blue in that era while trophies have flowed in with extravagant regularity.

In fact, during the 19 Abramovich years, no English team won more trophies than Chelsea.

Now, of course, a lot of that is down to the remarkable squads the Blues could call on during those years, but plenty of credit needs to be given to the superstar managers that graced the sidelines as well.

While Abramovich’s ‘no room for sentiment’ approach to the handling of his managers may not have been everyone’s cup of tea, you can hardly argue that his decisive and swift decision making hasn’t paid dividends.

During his time at the helm, Abramovich saw 13 managers come and go, but which one was the best?

Well, we’ve had a go at ranking all 13 from ‘Best of the best’ to ‘Just why?’ using the handy Tiermaker method.

On paper, Andre Villas-Boas looked to be a fantastic coup for Chelsea.

Of a similar mould to Jose Mourinho and with success in Portugal shining on his CV, Vilas-Boas simply couldn’t cut the mustard in England and was soon shown the exit door at Stamford Bridge.

Avram Grant may have taken Chelsea to a Champions League final, but he was never going to be a long-term solution for the club.

Luis Felipe Scolari, meanwhile, proved to be one of the bigger disappointments of the Abramovich years.

The title just about says it all. Frank Lampard did build a