Chelsea will have to pay a record amount of compensation if unilaterally firing ‘witch’ Graham Potter before the deadline of nearly 5 years.
The future of strategist Graham Potter is “just hanging the bell” at the home team at Stamford Bridge due to the team’s poor performance.
Although President Todd Boehly spent up to 668 million USD to bring in 16 players over the last two transfer windows, Chelsea’s situation is not better.
In fact, the army under the 47-year-old coach was all drawn and lost in February.
More broadly, he has led Chelsea 26 matches in all competitions, but Mr. Potter’s record has only won 9, drawn 7 and lost 10 matches. Since the win against Crystal Palace 1-0 on January 15, they drew 3 and lost the last 3 matches in all competitions.
Graham Potter will receive compensation of around £ 50 million if sacked by Chelsea.
Chelsea were eliminated by Man City from both the FA Cup and the English League Cup with a score of 0-4 and 0-2 respectively.
The owner of Stamford Bridge also lost 0-1 to Dortmund in the first leg of the 1/8 Champions League round and will play the second leg at home on March 7.
Last weekend, Chelsea lost 0-2 to Tottenham in the 25th round of the Premier League and stood in 10th place with 31 points – 14 points behind the Champions League group.
Immediately after the defeat to Tottenham, a petition demanding that Potter leave the position of Chelsea manager appeared online on Change.org and attracted more than 4,000 people to sign in just 40 minutes. This number increased to 8,000 signatures an hour later.
“Co-owners Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali and shareholders for the future of Chelsea please fire Potter,” the petition reads.
Therefore, the former Brighton coach is facing a very high risk of being fired, even though he has only led the team since September 2022, replacing his predecessor Thomas Tuchel.
British media previously reported that owner Todd Boehly had signed Graham Potter on a five-year contract, earning more than £10 million per season.
Therefore, Chelsea owners will have to pay £ 50 million if they unilaterally fire ‘witch’ Graham Potter before the deadline.
If this happens, Graham Potter will become the Chelsea manager to receive the highest compensation in the club’s history. Before that, they also spent £ 22 million to break the contract to bring back the 47-year-old strategist and his associates.
Chelsea will almost be empty-handed this season when they are diving in 10th place in the Premier League table, while they are at a disadvantage in the Champions League arena when they lost 0-1 in the first round of 1/8 first. Dortmund.