Before his dismissal, Avram Grant's hopes of staying at Chelsea has suffered another blow with Bruce Buck condemning the season's efforts as "not good enough".
Grant returned from Moscow saying he wanted to remain as manager but is understood to have said his farewells to the playing staff on Friday.
"We have had a great season," said Buck. "In the four competitions we were in, we were runners up in three of them.
"But we have very high expectations at Chelsea and a couple of second place finishes is just not good enough for us.
"Although we never would have thought in September when Jose Mourinho left that we would be able to make it into a Champions League Final - as we did, and that is fantastic - Chelsea is here to win trophies so, although it was an excellent season, we are still disappointed."