Thomas Tuchel says there is no doubt that he will be Chelsea boss until the end of the season but the caveat that the Blues have to work day-by-day in the current situation.
The Blues are operating under a 'Russian Regulation' licence after Roman Abramovich was added to the UK government's sanction list resulting in his assets being frozen.
Chelsea have been placed under a number of restrictions that disallow them from completing transfers or awarding new contracts to players as well as placing limits on the money they can spend on hosting and travelling to matches.
They are also not allowed to sell merchandise, with programmes not being for sale ahead of their win against Newcastle, and club shops have being closed.
A culmination of the above has left the future of players, staff and even the club up in the air but with the current licence designed to see the club until the end of the season, Tuchel appears confident.
"There's no doubt I'll stay until the end of the season. Absolutely. We just have to wait and we still have to go day-by-day because everything can change," he said in his post-match press conference.
"As you know the situation is clear, the club's for sale, and hopefully, it will go through to sort things out and give us a perspective. But it's pure speculation and I have no further information than you already have.
"That's what I meant with day-by-day, which is anyway a good way to live your life, and now we are forced to do it because there are some circumstances we cannot influence, and at some point it's not so nice because we have no strings to pull and no actions to do to help.
"On the other side it gives you the freedom to focus on what we can influence, and this is our performances and to show the spirit.
"Of course, the focus is on the first team, our players and me and the first team of Chelsea. But Chelsea is much more than the first team of the Premier League. It's a massive club, massive club with huge tradition and there are hundreds of people who I'm pretty sure worry more than our players and staff, me included.
"For them, it's important that we show the spirit and give them a bit of a distraction, some hope and show what we are about, and we are about football because we love the game."
