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The in-tray waiting for André Villas-Boas' permanent successor as Chelsea manager is already mounting up ...

Roman Abramovich is due to speak with Roberto Di Matteo over the next week to discuss the Italian's future at Chelsea now that his spell as interim first-team coach has concluded in glorious triumph in Munich. The 41-year-old claimed the club's first European Cup, along with the FA Cup, to transform a traumatic campaign into arguably the most successful in the club's history, generating a groundswell of support among the players and supporters for Di Matteo's position to be made permanent.

Yet the owner, who flew back with the team on Sunday morning and will spend the week in London, is unlikely to be swayed by public opinion when it comes to appointing a permanent successor for André Villas-Boas. The job spec has arguably changed dramatically from that of 4 March, when Di Matteo was installed as caretaker charged with salvaging a season. His contract is due to expire on 30 June and, while he could be offered terms to remain on the coaching staff if he is not chosen as manager, his instinct would be to seek a No1 role. Ideally that would be at Chelsea, though his reputation has been hugely enhanced over the last 11 weeks. He will not want for offers. Regardless, whoever takes over will find his in-tray already cluttered.

Ensure he takes the diplomatic route

The Chelsea chairman, Bruce Buck, has suggested this will be another summer of evolution at Stamford Bridge with "one or two in, and one or two out", meaning plenty of those perceived as the old guard will still be at the club next season. With that in mind, whoever takes over permanently must learn from the mistakes made by Villas-Boas during his fractious nine-month spell in charge, and from the manner in which Di Matteo coaxed more familiar form from experienced personnel. Villas-Boas lacked diplomacy dealing with influential members of the squad.

Too many senior players felt marginalised – Frank Lampard went public with his complaints over the lack of dialogue – as they spent time on the fringes and struggled to adapt to the systems and style demanded by the management. Di Matteo brought simplicity, clarity of communication and some common sense to proceedings, as well as his own shrewd tactical eye, and those who had been labouring duly flourished. The Italian's role was crisis management which demanded he had everyone onside, and that scenario is very different now. Even so, given strong characters will remain, the manager must pick his arguments carefully.

Appease those squad players who could be left grumbling on the fringes

A decision may have to be made on those who have slipped from first-team regulars to squad players in recent years. Does Salomon Kalou warrant a new deal? Florent Malouda and Paulo Ferreira still have a year to run on their current contracts, while Michael Essien is not the dynamic player he once was, his impact nullified by knee injuries: can they be satisfied with life as bit-part players, or would this be an apt time for a parting of the ways? Likewise, is Raul Meireles, a favourite of Villas-Boas, to be integral from now on in?

Others who fell out of favour when Chelsea clicked into "Save Our Season" mode include the youngsters Daniel Sturridge and Oriol Romeu, while Josh McEachran and Romelu Lukaku hardly saw the first team. All will be seeking more regular involvement from now on in.

Prove there is life after Didier Drogba

The Ivorian has indicated to his team-mates that he will be leaving the club, his last kick having delivered the European Cup, with Shanghai Shenhua expected to secure his services on lavish wages. Drogba has been central to so much Chelsea have achieved over the last eight years – both in terms of the goals he has scored, but also as a focal point for the team's style and approach – and his muscular presence and sense of timing was key to their two trophies this term. They will be diminished on the biggest stages in his absence, meaning the new manager must find this team a new talisman. Or, perhaps, he can hope he will inherit one …

Solve the Fernando Torres conundrum

This used to mean working out how to conjure form from the £50m forward, but it now signifies making the Spaniard feel wanted. Torres' outburst within three hours of the final whistle at the Allianz Arena, declaring his dismay at having only started the Champions League final on the bench, and at his absence from the initial list of penalty takers for the shoot-out (Gary Cahill, not Torres, would have taken Chelsea's sixth had it been needed), was untimely and did not impress the club's hierarchy.

Victory was supposed to be about the collective, not prompt gripes from the individual. But the 28-year-old clearly yearns to be loved and does not yet feel pivotal – or even, perhaps, properly accepted – in this team. Drogba's departure might help, thrusting him higher up the pecking order, though Abramovich could easily opt to spend lavishly on a Radamel Falcao, Hulk or Edinson Cavani as a direct replacement. How would Torres react then?

Find a style of play that will enthuse hierarchy and support

This has been the biggest ask laid down by Abramovich so far: imitate the Barcelona style while simultaneously challenging for, and claiming, silverware. Villas-Boas had attempted to instigate the swagger of his team from Porto at Stamford Bridge and, with time, might have succeeded. Yet he had quickly determined that many of those he had inherited would not be up to the task, and results were stodgy with the football only occasionally exhilarating. Di Matteo was pragmatic and, when confronted by the might of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, eked defensive performances from experienced players to prevail. But the brief for the new coach will still be to supply prizes with panache. Claiming a European Cup against all the odds will have whetted the appetite, not satisfied it. The owner will want more. Read More

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