The shocks of dismissing coaches throughout the first trimester of 2023 have not stopped. After Julian Nagelsmann at Bayern Munich, Antonio Conte at Chelsea, this time the most recent is the retirement of Chelsea coach, Graham Potter. He is the second coach to be sacked by the Chelsea owners this season, where his predecessor, Thomas Tuchel, also suffered a similar fate.
The trigger for the dismissal of Graham Potter was none other than the successive minor results he gave to the Stamford Bridge public. A promise that is too long from a series of negative results which also has an impact on the psychological condition of the players on the field. Last weekend’s 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa at home was Potter’s last game as Blues manager.
In the last five matches in the English Premier League, Chelsea have only won two wins, two defeats and one draw. Another note is that Potter gave Chelsea his tenth defeat in a season, the most in the last ten years. Then, Chelsea’s productivity record during Potter’s handling also decreased. Until the 28th week of the Premier League competition, The London Pride retainers were only able to score 29 goals and conceded even more, 30 goals.
The full support of the board of directors who had supported and fortified Potter melted away after Chelsea was knocked out of the top 10 positions in the standings. Chelsea is increasingly moving away from the European zone, let alone the Champions League, even entering the Europa League and Conference League zones. Thiago Silva et al fell out of the top 10, sitting in 11th place in the standings with 38 points, 12 points behind Manchester United, fourth in the standings, the deadline for the Champions League zone.
Graham Potter, who so far has minimally commented negatively from the negative results of his foster children, has been expected since early January to be fired. Not scary when playing at home. Potter was able to put Chelsea in control of the game, but was very minimal in terms of creative goal productivity.
Potter still hopes for the full support of fans this Tuesday against Liverpool, but Potter will not be a coaching figure on the sidelines for Chelsea again. His promise takes too long, Chelsea is threatened without a title this season and might only be able to participate in the domestic competition next season. Star-studded Chelsea is like an amateur team in the English league. Potter has been given a series of star players on all fronts, but his tactical concoction has not been able to provide the harmony and rhythm of play that owners and fans have hoped for. Graham Potter kicked out by Chelsea, finally.
After the kicked out of Graham Potter, Bruno Saltor will become Chelsea’s interim coach. He has been given the responsibility of improving the position of the Blues with 10 league games remaining and is expected to go even further in the Champions League. Chelsea are still playing in the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season.
Todd Boehly and Eghbali as Chelsea owners are expected to sign former Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann as Potter’s successor. Communication with Nagelsmann is still ongoing. The name of the former Tottenham and PSG manager has also entered the radar, namely Mauricio Pochettino. He was lined up as a coach who was quite suitable for Chelsea. Apart from that, it is also reported that Ruben Amorim, Sporting coach from Portugal is also eyeing Chelsea. It will be interesting to wait, who will be Graham Potter’s successor at Chelsea.
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