Tuchel successor presented
As expected, the successor to Thomas Tuchel, who was surprisingly dismissed at Chelsea on Wednesday, is Graham Potter. The 47-year-old Englishman signed a five-year contract at Stamford Bridge on Thursday, the top London club announced. Potter is leaving Chelsea’s Premier League rivals Brighton & Hove Albion after around three and a half years, where he played 134 competitive games on the sidelines, managed to stay up four times, made it into the top 10 last year and made a name for himself with attacking football and exciting tactical ideas made.
A hefty fee is due for the new Chelsea coach. According to media reports, Potter had an exit clause in his contract with the “Seagulls, which runs until 2025”, which, according to the “telegraph” is 15 million pounds, the equivalent of 17.4 million euros, the “Independentpreviously reported £16m (18.6m). This makes the ex-professional the second most expensive coach in football history behind Julian Nagelsmann, for whom FC Bayern Munich transferred 25 million euros to Leipzig just over a year ago. Brighton have only conceded a higher fee for three player sales, including this summer’s Marc Cucurella (24), who joined Chelsea for €65.3m.
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In addition, in both cases Chelsea’s transfer spending has risen close to or just over €300m since the takeover of the US consortium around club boss Todd Boehly. The Blues had previously spent around 282 million euros for new players, some of whom were specially requested by Tuchel. In terms of sport, after the squad change, there was not the strong start to the season that was expected. While Potters Brighton are fourth in the Premier League after six games, Chelsea are three points behind in sixth and have already lost three games – most recently an embarrassing 1-0 Champions League defeat by Dinamo Zagreb, whose squad value is more than 700 million euros less.
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“The Athletic“However, he reported that the bankruptcy in Croatia was not the decisive factor in Tuchel’s expulsion – the decision had already been made beforehand. According to the “Telegraph”, the ex-BVB coach receives around 8 million euros as a severance payment. After around 20 months, the club management wanted to reorient itself when filling the head coach position. “As the new ownership group approaches the 100-day mark since the acquisition and continues the hard work to take the club forward, the new owners believe it is the right time to make the move,” it said a press release from the Londoner.
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In his first season, Tuchel celebrated winning the Champions League with the Blues and thus secured an important place in the club’s history. Alternatives to Potter included Tuchel’s successor at PSG, Mauricio Pochettino, ex-Real coach Zinedine Zidane and Benfica’s Roger Schmidt.
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Chelsea Football Club is delighted to welcome Graham Potter as our new Head Coach!
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