A year after Emma Hayes had taken over at Chelsea, she sat in the stand at Stamford Bridge alongside then chairman Bruce Buck as they watched the 2013 Champions League final between Lyon and Wolfsburg.
‘That will be us one day,’ said Hayes. ‘So give me time.’
Those were the days when Chelsea played their home games at Wheatsheaf Park in Staines, where Hayes once had to help clear the water off the pitch.
On Saturday evening she will be in the Stamford Bridge dugout for the last time, aiming to take Chelsea to only a second European final at the expense of reigning champions Barcelona.