Buck cagey over Grant future question

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Buck fielded questions from supporters along with former Chelsea player Roberto Di Matteo but he refused to give fans a straight answer when quizzed over whether Grant would remain in charge next season.

The Israeli coach has guided Chelsea to the semi-final of the Champions League and to within three points of Manchester United at the top of the Barclays Premier, but when asked directly if Grant would be Chelsea's boss next season, Buck replied: "I think it is a 'yes or no' question and I am not going to give you a 'yes or no' answer."

He added: "But let me give a perspective on it. In September, when Jose left and Avram came on board, I think the board and Roman Abramovich did not expect that we would be sitting here as a semi-finalist in the Champions League and three points off the top of the Premier League.

"We thought that when you change managers, you have to have some re-building. So we are unbelievably happy that we are here, where we are now.

"We would have wished that we would have beaten Barnsley and Tottenham and whatever, but I think we are reasonably happy with where we are now.

"Avram has a multi-year contract and he's our manager. Having said that, and don't take this the wrong way, every manager, at every club, is judged by results. That's the name of the game, results, and right now Avram's results are very, very good, so he's our manager."