Graham Potter

GOAL examines where it all went wrong for Graham Potter at Chelsea, with the Englishman destined to go down as one of the club's worst managers ever.

As it turned out, he simply wasn't up to the task. [proving to be the final straw for the board](https://www.goal.com/en/news/graham-potter-sacked-chelsea-aston-villa-defeat-premier-league/blt579cabebd9cee4c4). [bringing in Graham Potter as the German's replacement](https://www.goal.com/en/news/chelsea-confirm-graham-potter-new-permanent-manager-following-tuchel-sacking/bltb785c88e8a810e00), prising him away from Brighton on a five-year contract.

Chelsea on Sunday sacked coach Graham Potter after the London giants had slipped into the bottom half of the Premier League.

"We have 10 Premier League games remaining and a Champions League quarter final ahead. He has always conducted himself with professionalism and integrity and we are all disappointed in this outcome," co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali said in a statement. "Chelsea FC has announced that Graham Potter has departed the club.

Graham Potter was sacked by Chelsea on Sunday night after a string of poor results as the new owners look to stamp their authority on the club.

That has proven not to be the case as Boehly and Eghbali's patience was exhausted by a 2-0 home defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday that was met by boos from the home support. Potter won just 12 of his 31 matches in charge as Chelsea crashed out of both the League and FA Cup in the early rounds to Manchester City and find themselves rooted in the bottom half of the Premier League. [Chelsea sack Potter with club 11th in Premier League](/sport/soccer/premier-league/chelsea-sack-graham-potter-with-club-11th-in-premier-league-309d4573-be58-443c-82ac-eba265f698bc) [Chelsea say Roman Abramovich sanctions a factor in financial losses](/sport/soccer/premier-league/chelsea-say-roman-abramovich-sanctions-a-factor-in-financial-losses-e35a7645-8203-46a1-a0e3-2c1cdaf9025d) [Four potential candidates to replace Antonio Conte as Spurs boss](/sport/soccer/premier-league/four-potential-candidates-to-replace-antonio-conte-as-tottenham-hotspur-boss-b448297c-48fa-46d2-bce8-48770c71ea50) [It’s now or never for Chelsea ‘rich boys’ in Champions League](/sport/soccer/uefa-champions-league/its-now-or-never-for-chelsea-rich-boys-in-champions-league-38127dcd-d763-409f-9f62-7eea914107ed) [WATCH: Arteta tells Potter not to let pressure 'destroy' him](/sport/soccer/premier-league/watch-mikel-arteta-tells-graham-potter-not-to-let-pressure-destroy-him-933771dc-a785-4cd7-bf57-9858601a5ee9) Thomas Tuchel was jettisoned in September despite his achievements on the field, in winning the Champions League in 2021, and off it as he deftly handled the difficulties of last season when sanctions were imposed on the club due to the ownership of Roman Abramovich. [the Englishman paid the price for slipping to 11th](https://www.iol.co.za/sport/soccer/premier-league/chelsea-sack-graham-potter-with-club-11th-in-premier-league-309d4573-be58-443c-82ac-eba265f698bc) in the Premier League table. London - Chelsea's new owners have been quick to try and put their stamp on the club, but the Blues hot seat remains one of the most precarious in football as Graham Potter was sacked as manager on Sunday.

Chelsea sacked manager Graham Potter on Sunday after less than seven months in charge, following their 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa at the weekend which ...

Mourinho, 60, is one of the most decorated managers in the game. Luis Enrique left his role as Spain coach after their World Cup last 16 exit to Morocco in December. Pochettino, 51, has been out of work since a brief stint at Paris St Germain, where he won last season's Ligue 1 title.

Chelsea sacked manager Graham Potter on Sunday after less than seven months in charge, following their 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa at the weekend which ...

Mourinho, 60, is one of the most decorated managers in the game. Luis Enrique left his role as Spain coach after their World Cup last 16 exit to Morocco in December. ZINEDINE ZIDANE (FRANCE) - 14/1 Pochettino, 51, has been out of work since a brief stint at Paris St Germain, where he won last season's Ligue 1 title. LUIS ENRIQUE (SPAIN) - 14/1 He has also served as manager of Chelsea's youth and reserve teams.

Chelsea are used to big personalities and winners as manager. Graham Potter never had the persona to succeed Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge.

The fault lies with Boehly and his advisers in hiring a coach who was wholly unprepared and ill-equipped for the job. They demand a coach of a similar status to themselves -- a status earned either by achievements as a player or as a coach. But he was also more likely to embrace the approach favoured by Boehly of a coach focusing on the team and little else. None of them had won anything of note as coaches: assistant manager Billy Reid was a lower league player in Scotland whose management career peaked with eight years in charge of Hamilton Academical, while goalkeeper coach Ben Roberts was best known to Chelsea fans for conceding the then-fastest goal in an FA Cup final while playing for Middlesbrough against Chelsea in 1997. He was rightly regarded as a rising star in coaching following his work at Ostersund in Sweden, Swansea and then Brighton, but his credentials were also possibly overstated by virtue of him being an English coach in the Premier League -- a rarity in recent years. He guided Brighton to finishes of 15th, 16th and 9th in his three full Premier League seasons at the Amex Stadium, but his efforts already look set to be eclipsed by his successor, Roberto De Zerbi.

Graham Potter was sacked as Chelsea manager on Sunday. Harriet Lander/Getty Images. CNN —. It was just ...

He has always conducted himself with professionalism and integrity and we are all disappointed in this outcome.” “I feel for Graham Potter, but it was inevitable. You don’t change Tuchel for Potter. Despite falling out of favor with fans by the end of his tenure, Tuchel had guided Chelsea to the Champions League title in 2021 and is still considered by many as one of the best coaches in the world. Potter managed to win just 10 of the 28 league matches this season and leaves the team 11th in the Premier League table. [Graham Potter ](http://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/football/chelsea-champions-league-win-borussia-dortmund-spt-intl/index.html)was deemed the man to usher in a fresh, exciting era at Chelsea.

Chelsea paid a world-record fee to prise Graham Potter away from Brighton but have sacked him after just seven months in charge, making Todd Boehly and his ...

He departs with the joint-lowest points-per-game tally (1.27) for a Chelsea manager in the Premier League era. Saturday's 2-0 loss at home to Aston Villa made it 11 defeats in 31 games for the former Brighton boss. [HAVE YOUR SAY: Were the Blues right to sack Potter?](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/chelsea-right-sack-graham-potter-after-seven-months/blt8bef4a98f65c1f74)

Chelsea has sacked its manager Graham Potter ahead of its clash with Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool on Tuesday night, just seven months after he took charge.

Across the league and Europe, those six matches gave a taste of what was to come. Potter, on the other hand, simply hasn't had those games to cling on to. And Klopp had his fair share of grim days in those early months. There simply wasn't enough to inspire optimism. The Reds fell behind early, with Ramires arriving to thump home a header in the fourth minute. [Arsenal](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-van-dijk-transfer-arsenal-26607066) and [Manchester City](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/klopp-liverpool-man-city-boost-26611622). [Pep Guardiola](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/pep-guardiola-thiago-transfer-liverpool-26614629) fared better in his maiden campaign at Manchester City (third), but was still 15 points off top spot. [Sign up to the Liverpool.com newsletter here — it only takes a few seconds!](https://www.liverpool.com/newsletter-preference-centre/) [Graham Potter](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-jurgen-klopp-sack-question-26618841) over the weekend, having only given him the job in September as the successor to Thomas Tuchel. Klopp was only able to steer his side to eighth in that first season, the same position Mikel Arteta finished in his first two years in charge of the Gunners. [Chelsea](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-klopp-premier-league-sackings-26619317) goalkeeper Asmir Begović. [What happened when Chelsea interim boss Bruno Saltor faced Liverpool in unique Jürgen Klopp game](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-chelsea-bruno-saltor-klopp-26619612)