Graham Potter’s dismissal from Chelsea FC has sparked controversy in England. Graham Potter is now the thirteenth manager in the top division of English football to be sidelined prematurely this season.
Potter’s dismissal yields new Premier League record
Graham Potter was told on Sunday, a day after the home defeat to Aston Villa FC. That he had to leave the current number eleven in the Premier League. The Englishman was only employed by Chelsea FC for 207 days after he was taken over from Brighton & Hove Albion FC for more than 24 million euros.
After Brendan Rodgers was also put aside at Leicester City FC. The counter in the Premier League this season stands at thirteen managers fired. That is a new record in the top English division. Last season, a total of ten managers were dismissed in the Premier League.
“Same old Chelsea “
“Todd Boehly said he would do it differently than Roman Abramovich,” analyst Jamie Carragher wrote on Twitter. Ending the sentence with smiling emoticons. “I sympathize with Graham Potter, but everyone saw this coming. Replacing Tuchel with Graham Potter was already a ridiculous decision.”
“Same old Chelsea,” reports The Daily Mail about Graham Potter’s firing. Julian Nagelsmann, recently sacked from Bayern Munich, is now named as a top candidate to join Chelsea FC, while English media have linked Graham Potter to Leicester City FC, which is looking for a successor to Rodgers.
‘Failed project’
“The end of an error for Chelsea FC,” according to The Guardian. “Graham Potter is now out of his misery.” The Times also looks back on a failed collaboration between Graham Potter and Chelsea FC: “The Graham Potter project never suited Chelsea FC.”
The Sun headlined “Sacked” and “Gone to the Pott” with a picture of Graham Potter accompanied by former Chelsea FC managers Glenn Hoddle, Claudio Ranieri and Frank Lampard. Together with Hoddle, Graham Potter appears to have performed the worst as a Chelsea FC manager with at least twenty games to his name: 1.27 points per game. Graham Potter’s former assistant Bruno Saltor, who joined from Brighton, will complete the season as interim manager.
