Roberto di Matteo's future at Chelsea is under a cloud.

The Mirror says the former MK Dons and West Brom manager is understood to be struggling to adapt to life as an assistant, and has admitted he would be tempted to go back to being his own man.

Villas-Boas is the youngest manager in the Premier League and will want a big character alongside him to help Chelsea through their crisis, so the doubts surrounding Di Matteo will be a concern.