Chelsea football club have confirmed the appointment of Brighton and Hove Albion coach Graham Potter as their new coach after sacking Thomas Tuchel on Wednesday morning.
“Chelsea Football Club is delighted to welcome Graham Potter as our new Head Coach, joining us on a five-year contract to bring his progressive football and innovative coaching to the Club.” read the club statement.
Potter has told Chelsea FC that he is proud and excited to come to Stamford Bridge as the new manager and looks forward to meeting the players and fans at the club.
‘I am incredibly proud and excited to represent Chelsea FC, this fantastic football club. I am very excited to partner with Chelsea’s new ownership group and look forward to meeting and working with the exciting group of players and to develop a team and culture that our amazing fans can be proud of. I would also like to place my sincere thanks to Brighton & Hove Albion for allowing me this opportunity and in particular Tony Bloom and all the players, staff and supporters for their continued support during my time at the club.’
Graham Potter to Chelsea FC
Potter helped Brighton and Hove Albion finish in 9th position last season in the English Premier League and continued with an impressive run this season at Albion as he leaves them in 4th position on the log standings with 13 points after 6 matches.
He has recorded only one defeat so far this season, 2-1 against Fulham, but has beaten Manchester United 1-2, West Ham 0-2, Leeds 1-0, Leicester City 5-2 and only drew 0-0 with Newcastle United.
Potter replaces German coach Thomas Tuchel who only spent a season at the club where he became the first manager in the club’s history to guide the Blues to the final of each of the League Cup, FA Cup and European Cup/UEFA Champions League
Tuchel was sacked after the Blues suffered a humiliating defeat in the Champions League to Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia in their Group E opener which ended 1-0 on Tuesday night.
Despite the club investing a Premier League record of £273m in one window to reinforce Tuchel’s squad this summer with the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubamenyang, Wesley Fofana, Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella, they started the English Premier League season poorly, losing two consecutive matches, drawing one and winning three to sit 6th on the log standings with 10 points and they will hope the appointment Potter will change things going foawrd.
