From persistence to coach roulette – the club Chelsea, which has already fired another head coach this season, is in chaos

Premier League club Chelsea’s season has been like a mockery of previous years.

On Sunday, the big club, which is in the middle of the league, fired its head coach for the second time this season. Saturday’s 0–2 loss to Aston Villa dropped the team to 11th in the league and in September by Thomas Tuchel jumped into the boots Graham Potter was allowed to leave.

British newspaper According to the Telegraph (you’ll switch to another service) Potter’s dismissal came as a surprise to the players. The team had restorative practices under Potter on Sunday.

– People asked who will lead the training sessions on Monday and who will be responsible for Tuesday’s Liverpool match. “Virtually everyone was training on Sunday so they were shocked when they found out,” an inside source told the Telegraph.

Potter’s assistant coach serves as the interim head coach Bruno Saltor.

Baseball club Los Angeles Dodgers owner Todd Boehly the group led by acquired Chelsea in May 2022 from the Russian From Roman Abramovichwho has been the owner of the club since 2003.

Tuchel led Chelsea to victory in the Champions League in spring 2021 and third place in the Premier League at the end of the 2021-22 season. However, he was suddenly fired in the autumn after only six Premier League matches. To the surprise of many, Brighton’s head coach Potter, who was promised by the club, was replaced time and patience (you will switch to another service).

At the beginning of April, patience ran out. ‘s football expert Miika Nuutinen according to Chelsea’s season has been chaotic.

– If the new owners talked about long-termism, then there is still quite a lot to prove.

Potter tried, Boehly bought

The sacked Potter’s winning percentage at the helm of the team was the lowest of any Chelsea manager up to 30 years (you switch to another service).

According to the news, Potter, who did an excellent job in Brighton, found himself in a tough spot in London, especially when the season had already started. He didn’t get to build the team from scratch.

In addition, Brighton is a completely different size club than Chelsea.

– The pressure related to performance is on a completely different level. In Chelsea, results are expected immediately. Brighton, on the other hand, is the opposite in terms of club management. There, Potter could build his own process in peace. He is specifically a process coach.

– Playing as a team did not take off at any point. At the same time, it was really chaotic for the players.

The American Boehly has made waves in the player market. He has acquired more than 20 new players for the club in less than a year, such as the Argentinian who excelled in the World Cup by Enzo Fernandez from Benfica, Raheem Sterling’s from Manchester City, Kalidou Koulibaly from Naples and of Joao Felix on loan from Atletico Madrid.

According to the news, the purchase was harmful in the short term, which made Potter’s job even more difficult.

– In the middle of the season, a lot of players came in with big money, which of course affected the dynamics and playing. Group dynamics are important. When there are changes, the effects are not always positive.

In January, Chelsea spent more than any British club has ever spent in a single transfer window. Chelsea also made the most expensive player acquisition in Premier League history when Fernandez moved from Portuguese side Benfica for a fee of 121 million euros.

Money has been spent on Boehly’s acquisitions of the Transfermark website (you are moving to another service) including a total of more than 600 million euros. There have been roughly the same number of departures as arrivals, including those heading to RB Leipzig Timo Wernerjoined Arsenal Jorginho and returned to Inter Romelu Lukaku. However, the amount of money received from the leavers is only slightly less than 68 million.

Chelsea circumvents UEFA’s fair play regulations (you switch to another service) with long player contracts. The club distributes the players’ transfer sums over several years according to the duration of the contracts. For example Mykhailo Mudryk signed an eight and a half year contract with the club in January.

Who’s next?

Nuutinen estimates that Chelsea is looking for a head coach of a tougher caliber after Potter. Speculation is at the forefront Julian Nagelsmannwho got the boot from Bayern München’s helm at the end of March despite his good performances.

– Nagelsmann is certainly a good candidate. I guess he’s ready to take on the next challenge. There was certainly a lot left in the tooth cavity from the Bayern pesti.

Also coached, for example, Tottenham and PSG Mauricio Pochettino is without an employer. Coached Chelsea 2016–2018 Antonio Conte was sacked by Tottenham last month.

According to Nuutinen, Tuulinen washed in a big money club that attracts coaches. The resources are almost unlimited and the management is ready to reform the team with a heavy hand. The player material is top class.

– It’s a really interesting challenge. In no case is success guaranteed or the table set. But the coaches are really interested in such challenges. Since the season has been so quiet, it is easier for the new coach to make a visible change in direction.

Patience is a virtue

According to the news, Chelsea should not aim for success short-sightedly, but focus on building the team with moderation. The club has to decide what kind of football it wants to play and what kind of coach and players it needs.

– It somehow feels that even these player acquisitions have not all been exactly what there is a crying shortage of.

You don’t become a successful club in an instant. The Premier League’s top clubs have patiently put together their teams and ways of playing.

– No Mikel Arteta Arsenal born in a month or even half a year. The process includes difficult steps and many good decisions are needed in the team building.

The future of the London club may be bright despite everything. In addition to the stars, Chelsea has brought in a lot of young, twenty-something promises with long contracts.

– They cannot be fully evaluated yet. As far as new acquisitions are concerned, the potential has certainly been paid for as well.

Chelsea also has its own crops, such as Reece James and Mason Mountwho have risen to the representative team and the England national team.

– The age structure of the team is by no means hopelessly old. The new acquisitions have every chance to rise to a big position in the right coaching.