Graham Potter: Premier League breaks record for most sackings in a single season
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Only six months ago, Graham Potter was accepted as the man who started in Chelsea in a new and exciting period.
Your club New ownership groupHe had taken Potter, led by American businessman Todd Boehly, from Brighton, promise to manage one of the most lucrative teams of world football.
One of the most exciting young managers in the Premier League, the club was spent more than $ 600 million to bring big names players.
But the club on Sunday announced After a responsible spell, he dismissed his manager.
Potter managed to win only 10 out of 28 league matches this season and left the team 11 at the Premier League table.
In recent weeks, players had looked at the shadow of their old selves, and many fans had lost confidence that Potter’s club plan could work.
Finally, after sticking by the administrator, Blues accepted ownership.
“We want to thank Graham sincerely for his contribution to Chelsea on behalf of everyone in the club.” He said.
“We have the highest respect for Graham as a coach and a person. He always realized himself with professionalism and honesty, and in this ultimately we were all disappointed.”
As Brighton ruler, Potter was given time for his stigmatization of his identity in his previous position.
The club was financially punching on its weight, and as a result, new signatures to compliment Potter’s style of game were carefully selected.
As the team becomes a built -in Premier League outfit that continues to bigger things this season, the approach is currently in the league and at the UEFA Conference League elimination point.
Chelsea seemed to be the opposite.
As under the previous owner Roman Abramovich, the club waited instantly results and used its financial weight to sign a series of high -profile names, including similar ones. Enzo Fernández And Mykhailo Mudryk.
Despite his impressive CV, Potter had never ruled the superstars and suddenly he hadn’t found himself in a multiple dressing room.
The distribution approach for recruitment deprived the team’s balance and organization, and Potter could not get a melody from a team caught with talent.
In fact, when Potter, who was the highest level of inexperienced, was chosen to take Thomas Tuchel as an administrator, many raised his eyebrows.
Although he fell from goodness with fans at the end of his term of office, he directed Tuchel Chelsea to the title of the Champions League in 2021 and is still considered one of the best coaches in the world by many.
The Germans continued to sign with Bavaria giant Bayern Munich in the 2024/25 season, and recently told journalists that he needed some time to get away from Chelsea ”because he left the club.
“Todd [Boehly] He said it would be different from Rome [Abramovich]”Former Liverpool player and current Pundit Jamie Carragher wrote Twitter.
“I feel for Graham Potter, but it was inevitable. You don’t change Thechel for Potter. The ridiculous decision to start.”
10 matches in the league and UFUK’da Real Madrid against the Champions League quarter -finals of Chelsea’nin still have a lot to play.
The assistant coach Bruno Saltor will temporarily take over, but Boehly and his team should now look for a talented and willing search for Chelsea’s chaos.
The dismissal of Potter is another sign of how temporary managers can be on the top flight of British football, especially when the results are not instant.
So far, I have 12 records in the Premier League, Potter was dismissed on the same day, Leicester Brendan Rodgers.
The previous record was the last change in a single season in four campaigns in 2017/18.
