In the 2006-07 season, Sawyer sat on the Chelsea bench for the last league game of the season, although he did not play.

I can think of a player like Franco Di Santo, hanging on to the Chelsea bench for entire seasons or tiny Maxi Morales who returns from MVP status in winning the U20 Worlds in 2007 and is sold to FC Moscow right away for close to nothing.

As he warmed up, Liverpool fans responded in spiky fashion, inquiring how life was on the Chelsea bench and greeting the £50 million man with an assortment of exotic hand-signals.

He was an unused substitute on the Chelsea bench, on 31 January 2012, in their 1-1 league draw against Swansea City and on 5 February 2012, in the 3-3 draw against Manchester United.