Graham Potter introduced as Chelsea’s new head coach on a five-year deal | Soccer Information

Chelsea have introduced Graham Potter as their head coach on a five-year contract.

Potter turns into the primary managerial appointment of the Todd Boehly period following his summer time takeover. The American continues to be performing as sporting director having moved on director Marina Granovskaia, chairman Bruce Buck and technical and efficiency advisor Petr Cech in a whole overhaul of Roman Abramovich’s trusted workers.

Sky Sports activities Information understands Chelsea have paid Brighton a complete of £21.5m in compensation for Potter and the opposite 4 members of workers which have adopted him to Stamford Bridge.

‘We’re thrilled to convey Graham to Chelsea,” stated Boehly after Potter’s appointment. “He’s a confirmed coach and an innovator within the Premier League who suits our imaginative and prescient for the membership. Not solely is he extraordinarily gifted on the pitch, he has expertise and capabilities that reach past the pitch which is able to make Chelsea a extra profitable membership.

“He has had a serious influence at his earlier golf equipment and we stay up for his constructive influence at Chelsea. We stay up for supporting him, his teaching group and the squad in realising their full potential within the coming months and years.”

The 47-year-old might be adopted from Brighton to Chelsea by Kyle MacAulay, the recruitment skilled that is been with him since his Ostersunds days, assistant head coach Billy Reid, goalkeeper coach Ben Roberts and first-team coach Bjorn Hamberg.

“I’m extremely proud and excited to symbolize Chelsea FC, this incredible soccer membership,” stated Potter. “I’m very excited to accomplice with Chelsea’s new possession group and stay up for assembly and dealing with the thrilling group of gamers and to develop a group and tradition that our wonderful followers could be pleased with.

“I’d additionally like to put my honest due to Brighton & Hove Albion for permitting me this chance and specifically Tony Bloom and all of the gamers, workers and supporters for his or her continued help throughout my time on the membership.”

Tuchel was sacked on Wednesday within the wake of Chelsea’s 1-0 loss to Dinamo Zagreb within the Champions League and simply six video games into the brand new Premier League season.

Chelsea proprietor Boehly met Potter in central London on Wednesday afternoon for what was described as “constructive talks” in regards to the Brighton supervisor’s future position at Stamford Bridge and the membership’s plans to develop the entire soccer operation.

In the meantime, Brighton U21 coach Andrew Crofts will take cost of the Seagulls on an interim foundation, supported by assistant Shannon Ruth, set-play coach Nick Stanley, Adam Lallana and assistant goalkeeping coach Jack Stern.

Carragher: I concern for Potter

Sky Sports activities pundit Jamie Carragher:

“It is a very ruthless membership and I am unsure [Graham Potter] is the best match – perhaps Chelsea are saying they need to do issues in another way sooner or later by way of having a coach in cost somewhat than a supervisor or they do issues behind the scenes in another way. But when I used to be Graham Potter, I’d discover that very laborious to imagine that they’ll do issues in another way. They’ve simply removed a supervisor six video games into the season.

“It is an enormous step up in his managerial profession and Chelsea are nonetheless one of many prime golf equipment. They’re nonetheless world champions proper now, however you concern for Graham Potter that he’ll be in the identical boat as each different Chelsea supervisor has for the final 10 years – except he will get outcomes immediately they will be getting themselves one other new supervisor in 12 months.”

Evaluation: Potter might be the person to work the magic Boehly desires

Sky Sports activities’ Ron Walker:

If Chelsea are critical about rebuilding the membership from prime to backside, a long-term job whoever is in cost, they’ve picked a person who ticks all the best packing containers in Brighton’s Graham Potter.

Six video games into the brand new season, his now former-Seagulls facet sit three factors and two locations above Chelsea within the desk, regardless of considerably inferior assets to the Blues and any of the opposite groups round them.

It is not about that small pattern although. What Potter has been constructing at Brighton has been far longer within the making. The apparent product of his philosophy has been their model of passing soccer, however his work on the south coast has run far past the techniques board.

That call to drag the set off solely 100 days into his possession will increase eyebrows about appointing a person like Potter, who completed fifteenth and sixteenth in his first two seasons on the Amex Stadium.

But when Boehly’s rationale was, as he has privately said, to nominate a coach whose long-term imaginative and prescient he can higher align with then Thomas Tuchel’s dismissal, although nonetheless harsh, might show a shrewder transfer than it appeared on the time.

Inside Tuchel’s closing day at Chelsea

Tuchel cleared his desk on Wednesday after the quick assembly at 9.30am the place he was dismissed and stayed on the coaching floor along with his departing teaching workers to say their goodbyes.

The German supervisor, who joined the membership in January 2021, desires to take a break earlier than returning to soccer.

Tuchel continues to be extremely regarded by many individuals at Chelsea due to the trophies and the management he confirmed throughout extraordinarily tough circumstances. At Chelsea, the coronavirus pandemic and the top of the Abramovich period have been tough situations – the latter leading to membership sanctions, workers not being paid and a concern of the membership going out of enterprise.

Tuchel additionally confirmed management in the course of the takeover saga, whereas many key figures resembling Bruce Buck, Marina Granovskaia, Petr Cech introduced their departures.

Golf equipment resembling Manchester United and Barcelona have been keen on Tuchel final season however he was at all times loyal to Chelsea.

Though Chelsea ended up spending a report £278m this summer time there have been variations of opinion between the co-owners and Tuchel on some targets and technique.

For instance, the house owners have been open to the concept of signing Cristiano Ronaldo from United however he was not needed by Tuchel.

In the meantime, Chelsea co-owners Boehly and Behdad Eghbali met Chelsea gamers and workers on Wednesday afternoon at Cobham.

They defined what had occurred with Tuchel and their imaginative and prescient for the way forward for the membership. Boehly and Eghbali have been additionally on the recreation in Zagreb on Tuesday.

Chelsea’s upcoming fixtures

September 14: Purple Bull Salzburg (H) – kick-off 8pm

September 18: Liverpool (H) – kick-off 4.30pm

October 1: Crystal Palace (A) – kick-off 3pm

October 5: AC Milan (H) – kick-off 8pm