Chelsea have reached an agreement with Graham Potter to take over the task of overseeing him, replacing German Thomas Tuchel, who was abruptly sacked from his position, according to several local media reports.
And on Thursday it was revealed that the London club’s new owners, Todd Pawley’s American band, had agreed to pay a forfeit in the contract tying Potter to Brighton, allowing them to negotiate with the 47-year-old coach.
A deal to sign the former manager of Swedish Östersund and Swansea City who play in the English leagues is expected to be done very soon to give him the opportunity to lead the team in the next league game on Saturday. against neighboring Fulham.
And British media reported that Chelsea had established preliminary contacts with the Argentinean Mauricio Pochettino, the former coach of Tottenham and Paris Saint-Germain, and the coach of the Portuguese Sporting Ruben Amorim, and also discussed the possibility of a contract with the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane and the Northern Irish Leicester City manager Branden. Rogers.
Potter has attracted attention for his engaging attacking style that has put Brighton in fourth after six rounds at the start of the new Premier League season, just two points behind leaders Arsenal and three behind sixth Chelsea.
The Chelsea administration surprised everyone on Wednesday by announcing the sacking of Tuchel for poor performance at the start of the new season after a massive spending spree in the summer transfer market.
The London club said in a statement that it has “parted ways with manager Thomas Tuchel” following a 1-0 loss to Croatian Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday in the first group stage of the Champions League.
Tuchel arrived at Chelsea in January 2021, replacing Frank Lampard, and only months later led the team to the Champions League title at the expense of Manchester City in the final.
Tochel (49) was linked by a contract with the club until 2024, but he left after the management spent around 300 million euros in the summer to sign new players such as Raheem Sterling, Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Frenchman Wesley Fofuna and the Senegalese. Kalidou Coulibaly.
But Tuesday’s defeat in Zagreb appears to have been fatal for Boyle’s new American owner.
