Graham Potter has signed for Chelsea.
Which gives the Englishman a lot of bang for the buck.
He now gets an incredible pay rise of over 500(!) percent.
Just a few days ago, Chelsea sacked their manager Thomas Tuchel suddenly. After such a start to the season, the nail in the coffin came when the big club unexpectedly fell to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League opener.
Tuchel had to go
The next day, Tuchel had to clean out his desk and leave the club immediately. An intensive coach hunt was immediately started and on Thursday evening the replacement had signed.
It turned out as the vast majority thought the successful coach Graham Potter who now takes over the baton at Stamford Bridge. The Englishman has done great things with little Brighton in recent years, fundamentally transforming the club into one of the most exciting teams in the Premier League.
Potter’s salary
Now the former Östersunds FK coach gets the chance on the very biggest world stage with a real PL giant. Potter has signed a five-year contract with Chelsea and is expected to receive a sensational pay rise.
According to information in the English media, the 47-year-old should have earned SEK 24 million per year at Brighton. Now the English newspaper Daily Mail reports that Potter is expected to earn an incredible 147 million kroner per
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It is therefore a salary increase of a full 123 million kroner and as much as 512.5 percent in increase. This means that Potter will draw in as much as SEK 735 million over the next five years.
Graham Potter also chooses to bring his coaching colleague, the Swede Björn Hamberg, from Brighton to Chelsea. The plan was that the coaching debut in Chelsea would come against Fulham on Saturday, but due to the English national mourning after the death of the Queen, all PL matches are postponed.
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