BREAKING: Graham Potter Agrees To Become Next #ChelseaFC Manager – #Tuchel—-Graham Potter has verbally agreed to become Chelsea’s new manager and he is expected to take position in the dugout for Saturday’s game against Fulham.
Controlling owner Todd Boehly wasted no time in dispensing Thomas Tuchel after the disastrous Champions League loss away to Dinamo Zagreb and he has moved quickly to get Potter.
The Seagulls boss was due to speak to the media on Thursday ahead of his current side’s Premier League clash with Bournemouth, and he was seen pulling into their training base for the last time early on Thursday morning.
Potter, who is going over a few final details of the contract this morning, is expected to be in the Chelsea dugout, along with his Brighton staff, for the Blues’ match against Fulham on Saturday.
Potter was locked in advanced talks with the Blues on Wednesday night and an agreement is said to be close. Barring any last-minute hitches, he is expected to be in charge for Saturday’s Premier League clash at Fulham.
Having made a formal approach to Brighton, Chelsea were granted permission to speak to Potter.
Those talks are understood to have been led by co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali in London on Wednesday afternoon and continued into the evening. Sources said the only way Chelsea would not appoint him is if he turned down the role.
The identification of Potter as Chelsea’s preferred option to replace Tuchel — who will receive as much as £13million in compensation after his shock dismissal — has come during a period in which the club are without a sporting director.
