Graham Potter

Chelsea news: The latest Blues headlines and updates after another defeat with Graham Potter under pressure yet again.

"And you have made the decision to go for Potter. Kalidou Koulibaly - Didn't look secure at the centre of Chelsea's backline and was caught going to win the ball to see Cucurella head it back towards Kepa ahead of him. That hasn't been helped with the latest set of fixtures either. Potter has already been under immense pressure at Chelsea but had briefly settled things with a run of three successive wins before the international break. You have to give them time, otherwise, they are never going to be the final product if they don’t go through this period. Graham Potter has refused to demand a 'striker like Didier Drogba or Diego Costa' from the board following Chelsea's defeat to Aston Villa. The Chelsea star has often used off the bench by Graham Potter this season. Gallagher, in and out, a very good player and we’d love to have him at Crystal Palace, but is he going to be able to move out some of these top players that have been brought in [by Chelsea]? This means that the former Brighton man is set to take charge of the game against Liverpool in midweek, despite results. It has cranked up the pressure on Potter, who was once more booed off the field at half-time and full-time as well as being on the end of chants from his own supporters. 1 choice at the helm. The Blues were beaten 2-0 at Aston Villa despite bossing the ball and having 20 shots more than their opponents at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea are keeping on faith on Graham Potter even after a series of disappointing results despite the availability of Julian Nagelsmann.

WHAT NEXT FOR CHELSEA? Getty Images Chelsea have managed to win just three of their last 10 Premier League outings and are currently 11th with 38 points from 28 games.

Nagelsmann is available after being sacked by Bayern Munich last month, but Potter's position still seems safe for the time being.

[Aston Villa](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/aston-villa) (opens in new tab), dropping into the bottom half of the Premier League table as a result. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open... Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for The Analyst and When Saturday Comes, among others. [Liverpool](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/liverpool) (opens in new tab) and travel to [Wolves](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/wolverhampton-wanderers) (opens in new tab) in their next two league outings, before facing [Real Madrid](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/real-madrid) (opens in new tab) at the Bernabeu in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. [Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-nagelsmann-potter-sack-villa-29609414) (opens in new tab), Nagelsmann is in no rush to get into a new job and will wait until the summer to make a decision over his future. [Chelsea](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/chelsea) (opens in new tab) this season, according to reports.

Tottenham have been linked with Julian Nagelsmann at a time where Graham Potter's position at Chelsea looks difficult.

That represents a blow for Spurs, with Nagelsmann seen as the main candidate to take over from Cristian Stellini at the end of the season. He has, though, regularly signalled that he wants to stay at Turf Moor and views the job as a long-term project. The German is viewed by many as the frontrunner to take over from Antonio Conte on a permanent basis come the end of the season. The Blues were dire on Saturday, slipping to a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa following goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn. As things stand, Chelsea look increasingly set to miss out on Champions League football - unless they somehow manage to claim glory in the competition this term. And it’s also emerged he’s worked his way onto the radar of Chelsea, despite their willingness to stick with Graham Potter.

GRAHAM POTTER will not be sacked by Chelsea just yet as he looks set to lead the Blues against Liverpool on Tuesday.That is despite returning growing.

We need to respond, that's clear. "I don't like to blame anybody, I have to take responsibility. We win or lose together. [Julian Nagelsmann now available](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/7733400/chelsea-hijack-tottenham-nagelsmann-real-madrid/). [Chelsea's](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/football/team/606/chelsea/) dire record in the league to just three wins in their last 13 since the turn of the year. [growing calls for the manager to get his marching orders](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/7774196/chelsea-graham-potter-thomas-tuchel/).

Julian Nagelsmann is on Chelsea's shortlist of candidates to replace the under-pressure Graham Potter, with a report revealing when the German could ...

Graham Potter faces an increasingly uncertain future at Chelsea and it's been revealed that senior figures at the club 'appreciate' Julian Nagelsmann.

I thought the team gave everything, I thought the intention of the team was there. Where we are in the league table, no-one is happy with. "First half I thought we had a couple of opportunities, we won it back high and created a 1v1 situation pretty early in the game. "You could tell by the amount of times we got in their box, the shots we had, there was a positive intent but the scoreline is painful for us," he added. In the meantime, Todd Boehly may be preparing a contingency plan in the event that Graham Potter is sacked following Chelsea's defeat to Aston Villa.

Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly is standing firm in his decision to stand by under-fire head coach Graham Potter, sources have told 90min.

If you can't see this embed, click [here](https://open.spotify.com/episode/7K1vHXKyUe098uJ1KdtiKB) to listen to the podcast! [Daniel Childs](https://twitter.com/SonOfChelsea) reacts to Chelsea's 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday in the Premier League. However, 90min understands that while the German would be interested in taking the job and this has been communicated to Chelsea, he would prefer to wait until the end of the season before deciding his future and stepping back into management.

Chelsea FC announced on Sunday evening that Graham Potter had been fired from his position as manager. Bruno Saltor has been appointed as "Interim Head ...

Chelsea have sacked head coach Graham Potter. The club moved to end Potter's reign after just seven months following a 2-0 defeat by Aston Villa at Stamford ...

“On behalf of everyone at the club, we want to thank Graham sincerely for his contribution to Chelsea. [Liverpool](https://theathletic.com/football/team/liverpool/) in the Premier League. We have 10 Premier League games remaining and a Champions League quarter final ahead. A club statement read: “Chelsea FC has announced that Graham Potter has departed the club. [Borussia Dortmund](https://theathletic.com/football/team/dortmund/) and reach the Champions League quarter-finals, but despite adding January reinforcements including [Enzo Fernandez](https://theathletic.com/football/player/enzo-fernandez-mA2LkzPdMOcVkFoZ/), [Mykhailo Mudryk](https://theathletic.com/football/player/mykhailo-mudryk-q8qemKXwIpkC0AL6/) and [Joao Felix](https://theathletic.com/football/player/joao-felix-ucCJXAWiq0yowCTd/), they have continued to stutter in the Premier League. [World Cup](https://theathletic.com/football/world-cup/), notably suffering heavy losses to [Brighton](https://theathletic.com/football/team/brighton-and-hove-albion/) and [Manchester City](https://theathletic.com/football/team/manchester-city/), as well as a home defeat to relegation-threatened [Southampton](https://theathletic.com/football/team/southampton/).

Chelsea have sacked Graham Potter as their head coach; Potter has lasted just seven months in the job at Stamford Bridge; former Brighton defender Bruno ...

Potter is a very good coach but the Chelsea job is one of the biggest jobs in world football and to do that job you need to be of the stature of a Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte or Tuchel. They were fifth in the Premier League when Tuchel was sacked, it was seen as a risk to sack a manager of the calibre of Tuchel and take a real risk with Potter. "A big issue is the fact Chelsea players have a lot of power and you need a big personality to manage them and to work with them. He had to be judged on the results on the pitch. "This is a manager that cost the club £21m to get him from Brighton so they made a massive investment and gave him a five-year contract. The next day, Graham Potter, the man chosen to replace Tuchel at great expense, is dispensed with. "As weekends go, Todd Boehly and Chelsea could hardly have endured a more humiliating one. "The latest information we have coming out from Sky Germany is that they're not convinced that he's going to want to move from Germany and take another job straightaway. "We have 10 Premier League games remaining and a Champions League quarter-final ahead. "A Chelsea manager is usually someone with a massive personality, big ego and a CV with lots of trophies on it. What we do know is that they want Julian Nagelsmann and and he is available at the moment," explained Sky Sports News' chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol. The former Brighton manager was sacked in a meeting on Sunday at 2.45pm.

'Potter Out' bin start to trend for social media afta Saturday 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa for Stanford Bridge.

Di owners of di Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali tok say “on behalf of everyone for di club, we go thank Graham for im contribution to Chelesea. We all dey disappointed with di outcome”. Graham Potter don lose im job as Chelsea head coach as di team don drop to number 11 for Premier League table.

WHAT HAPPENED? The Blues were beaten 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, leaving them 11th in the Premier League table. Chelsea confirmed on Sunday that the manager has ...

In his time with the club, Graham has taken us to the quarter final of the Champions League, where we will face Real Madrid. "Graham has agreed to collaborate with the Club to facilitate a smooth transition. Chelsea confirmed on Sunday that the manager has been relieved of his duties.

Brought in to replace Thomas Tuchel, The Blues struggled despite a major January spending spree. Co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali confirmed Potter's ...

Co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali said: “On behalf of everyone at the club, we want to thank Graham sincerely for his contribution to Chelsea. “Chelsea would like to thank Graham for all his efforts and contribution and wish him well for the future.” “In his time with the club, Graham has taken us to the quarter-final of the Champions League, where we will face Real Madrid.

Chelsea sacked head coach Graham Potter on Sunday after less than seven months in charge. Chelsea fell into the bottom half of the Premier League following ...

"Along with our incredible fans, we will all be getting behind Bruno and the team as we focus on the rest of the season. That includes breaking the British transfer record to sign midfielder He has always conducted himself with professionalism and integrity and we are all disappointed in this outcome. Potter was told of the news in face-to-face talks at the club's Cobham training base on Sunday and sources have said that a compromise was reached over his payoff, meaning he will receive less than the full value of his contract in severance terms. We have 10 Premier League games remaining and a Champions League quarter-final ahead. "We have the highest degree of respect for Graham as a coach and as a person.

Chelsea ran out of patience with Graham Potter on Sunday, firing the English manager with the club languishing in the middle of the Premier League standings ...

Follow along as he lays out the blueprint for his career, and takes us all the way from his first sketch to his thriving personal brand, Spunge. The team announced Potter's departure a day after a 2-0 loss to Aston Villa, which left Chelsea in 11th place, and nearly seven months after taking a gamble on him as the replacement for the fired Thomas Tuchel. Shoe designer and creative Salehe Bembury takes us on a journey from his childhood growing up in Manhattan, to an invaluable degree in industrial design, to working with some of the biggest names in fashion...before breaking off to make his own name.

The former Brighton & Hove Albion manager was appointed after Chelsea's owners, Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, fired Thomas Tuchel last September. Potter ...

We have the highest degree of respect for Graham as a coach and as a person. “Along with our incredible fans, we will all be getting behind Bruno and the team as we focus on the rest of the season. Boehly and Eghbali said: “On behalf of everyone at the club, we want to thank Graham sincerely for his contribution to Chelsea. They are at risk of missing out on European qualification and decided that a change was necessary before they play Madrid. The decision came out of the blue. Chelsea had two centre-backs, Trevoh Chalobah and Benoît Badiashile, on the bench and two full-backs, Reece James and Marc Cucurella, in their back three. Potter was hired after the departure of Thomas Tuchel in September. But while Chelsea are in a challenging period after their change of ownership the poor results exposed Potter and drained the board’s patience. They play the first leg of their quarter-final away to Real Madrid next week. Chelsea have not paid the £50m that was left on Potter’s five-year contract but he is understood to be due significant compensation. Chelsea have drawn up a shortlist of candidates, including Mauricio Pochettino, and would like someone in place before pre-season. Chelsea have installed Bruno Saltor, who was part of Potter’s backroom staff, as interim head coach and want to think carefully before making their next move.

Chelsea have sacked Graham Potter as head coach; Potters departure follows the Blues' 2-0 loss at home to Aston Villa, which saw them slip into the bottom ...

A lot of owners of big clubs wouldn't have taken that risk but maybe it was a factor that they are inexperienced in English football which meant that they looked at Potter, what he was doing at Brighton, and identified him as the upcoming coach that they wanted to place their faith in. Graham Potter is a very, very good coach, but the Chelsea coach is one of the biggest jobs in world football. I don't want to criticise the Chelsea owners at all, but these are people who have very little experience of English football. The recruitment strategy from the owners is they want them to buy the best young players in the world and then make a big impact in the transfer window. They had a bit of a mixed start to the season, but it was still a strange decision. They really, really backed him well beyond the point that most Chelsea supporters would want him to be sacked. No disrespect to Graham Potter but under the previous ownership at Chelsea, he would not have got the job. If Chelsea wanted Nagelsmann now, even though he is no longer the Bayern manager, his contract would mean Chelsea would have to agree a deal with Bayern Munich. The latest information we have coming out from Sky Germany is that they're not convinced that he's going to want to move from Germany and take another job straightaway. What we do know is that they want Julian Nagelsmann and and he is available at the moment. "In his time with the club, Graham has taken us to the quarter-final of the Champions League, where we will face Real Madrid. A club statement read: "Chelsea FC has announced that Graham Potter has departed the club.

The news comes after the Blues were defeated 2-0 by Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, which ultimately proved to be the final straw for Todd ...

Chelsea have sacked manager Graham Potter, the London club said on Sunday after a string of poor results left the team 11th in the Premier League.

"In his time with the club, Graham has taken us to the quarter final of the Champions League, where we will face Real Madrid. "We have 10 Premier League games remaining and a Champions League quarter final ahead. "Graham has agreed to collaborate with the club to facilitate a smooth transition," Chelsea said in a statement.

The board makes a good decision by undoing its self-evidently appalling decision to appoint him in the first place.

In the end the job is to make this work. To this must be added the cost of missing out on the Champions League and the procurement of another manager. Not only did Potter arrive with no experience at this level, he found himself confronted with an utterly nuts version of what this level was supposed it be in the first place. This is not to suggest that Potter hasn’t made mistakes or poor in-game decisions or shown limitations at this stage in his career. This total is made up of a £21m release fee to Brighton, a £13m payoff for Champions League winner Thomas Tuchel and something similar for Potter now (this is rarely the full value of a contract, but hey, we’re on Todd time now! And least of all on the day

Graham Potter is the second manager sacked by the consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Boehly and private equity firm Clearlake Capital. PHOTO: REUTERS.

I understand when you lose at home, the emotion of the game is such that people are going to be disappointed and frustrated and angry. “We have 10 Premier League games remaining and a Champions League quarter-final ahead. He has always conducted himself with professionalism and integrity and we are all disappointed in this outcome,” co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali said in a statement. The 47-year-old won just 12 of his 31 matches in charge and was widely booed by the Chelsea support after defeat to Villa at the weekend. “We have the highest degree of respect for Graham as a coach and as a person. Chelsea have won just three games in their last 11 but have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League where they face defending champions Real Madrid.

Graham Potter was sacked as Chelsea manager on Sunday. Harriet Lander/Getty Images. CNN —. It was just ...

He has always conducted himself with professionalism and integrity and we are all disappointed in this outcome.” “I feel for Graham Potter, but it was inevitable. You don’t change Tuchel for Potter. Despite falling out of favor with fans by the end of his tenure, Tuchel had guided Chelsea to the Champions League title in 2021 and is still considered by many as one of the best coaches in the world. Potter managed to win just 10 of the 28 league matches this season and leaves the team 11th in the Premier League table. [Graham Potter ](http://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/football/chelsea-champions-league-win-borussia-dortmund-spt-intl/index.html)was deemed the man to usher in a fresh, exciting era at Chelsea.

Chelsea are used to big personalities and winners as manager. Graham Potter never had the persona to succeed Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge.

The fault lies with Boehly and his advisers in hiring a coach who was wholly unprepared and ill-equipped for the job. They demand a coach of a similar status to themselves -- a status earned either by achievements as a player or as a coach. But he was also more likely to embrace the approach favoured by Boehly of a coach focusing on the team and little else. None of them had won anything of note as coaches: assistant manager Billy Reid was a lower league player in Scotland whose management career peaked with eight years in charge of Hamilton Academical, while goalkeeper coach Ben Roberts was best known to Chelsea fans for conceding the then-fastest goal in an FA Cup final while playing for Middlesbrough against Chelsea in 1997. He was rightly regarded as a rising star in coaching following his work at Ostersund in Sweden, Swansea and then Brighton, but his credentials were also possibly overstated by virtue of him being an English coach in the Premier League -- a rarity in recent years. He guided Brighton to finishes of 15th, 16th and 9th in his three full Premier League seasons at the Amex Stadium, but his efforts already look set to be eclipsed by his successor, Roberto De Zerbi.