Chelsea have introduced the departure of Graham Potter as supervisor following the 2-0 loss at dwelling to Aston Villa on Saturday, which noticed the Blues drop into the underside half of the Premier League.
Potter, who began with three wins in a row after succeeding Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge in September, has picked up simply 4 victories within the Premier League for the reason that World Cup break and Saturday’s loss noticed Chelsea drop all the way down to eleventh within the desk.
“Chelsea FC has introduced that Graham Potter has departed the membership. Graham has agreed to collaborate with the Membership to facilitate a clean transition,” the west London membership mentioned in a press release on Sunday night.
“In his time with the membership, Graham has taken us to the quarter-final of the Champions League, the place we’ll face Actual Madrid. Chelsea wish to thank Graham for all his efforts and contribution and want him effectively for the long run.”
The membership had hoped that the win over Borussia Dortmund within the final eight of the Champions League can be a turning level, however their type within the Premier League has not picked up and successful the competitors seems like their solely viable route again into it for subsequent season.
Nonetheless, that might be extremely robust because the Blues face Actual Madrid over two legs, earlier than a doable semi-final towards both Manchester Metropolis or Bayern Munich, the place Tuchel is now in cost.
Bruno Saltor, who performed and later labored with Potter at Brighton, will take cost of the crew as interim head coach, Chelsea mentioned.
“On behalf of everybody on the membership, we need to thank Graham sincerely for his contribution to Chelsea. We have now the very best diploma of respect for Graham as a coach and as an individual. He has at all times performed himself with professionalism and integrity and we’re all dissatisfied on this final result,” co-controlling homeowners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali mentioned.
“Together with our unimaginable followers, we’ll all be getting behind Bruno and the crew as we concentrate on the remainder of the season. We have now 10 Premier League video games remaining and a Champions League quarter-final forward.
“We are going to put each effort and dedication into each a type of video games in order that we are able to finish the season on a excessive.”
