It seems that Chelsea will not waste time in appointing an interim coach to replace the article Graham Potter and began the serious quest to appoint an authentic coach and even reached the next name.
Media reports said that German Julian Nagelsmann also article from the training of Bayern Munich is the favorite to succeed Potter in the training of the "Blues".
These reports indicated that Nagelsmann put his name on Sunday in an internal discussion and some described him as a "first-class coaching talent", and these reports continued that there was contact between the London team and the young German coach, whose contract with the Bavarian team is still valid until 2026 and remains paid until he finds a new job.
The reports concluded that there is no contact so far between Chelsea and Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino.
Chelsea announced on Sunday the dismissal of Potter after a series of poor results led to the team's decline in the competition to 11th place.
Potter signed with Chelsea, with the new owners in September, after his departure from Brighton. But the England boss played just 31 games and won 12 of them before the club's owners decided to sack him yesterday.
While Potter oversaw the team's Champions League triumphs, topping their group after beating Milan twice and ousting Dortmund, the league has plummeted after dropping out of the top four to the bottom half of the table.
Potter is the 13th coach to be sacked by Chelsea:
- 2004-2007 and 2013-2015: Jose Mourinho
- 2007-2008: Israeli Avram Grant
- 2008-2009: Felipe Scolari of Brazil
- 2009 and 2015-2016: Dutchman Guus Hiddink
- 2009-2011: Italian Carlo Ancelotti
- 2011-2012: Luis Villach Boache
- 2012: Italian Di Matteo
- 2013-2012: Spaniard Rafa Benitez
- 2016-2018: Italian Antonio Conte
- 2018-2019: Italian Maurizio Sarri
- 2019-2021: Frank Lampard
- 2021-2022: German Thomas Tuchel
- 2022-2023: Englishman Graham Potter