Graham Potter | turns down Ajax job

Football wise, the most sensible appointment at this stage of the season and with the players up there is Conte.
The only thing they have to fight for is the CL and Conte is shit in Europe
 
So this confirms defeat for us on Tuesday then. I actually thought we’d lose to Chelsea anyway, just so it would give him a stay of execution. We’ve lost to every other manager who’s been under fire this season.
 
There's not a chance he's getting £50m payoff. Even Chelsea aren't that stupid.
 
Wasn’t it something like £20m?

Apparently he was on £12m per year and a 5 year contract.

He’s going to get over £50m from Chelsea as pay out.

£70+m on potter for 25 games..

Wow
Bloody hell!

“It is understood that Chelsea will not have to pay the full value of Potter’s contract, which would have been worth around £50m with just over four years remaining on it.“

@mattlaw
 
Surprised pochettino hasn’t had any talks with any clubs since they’ve been quite a few clubs available.
 
Rodgers would unironically be a better choice than Nagelsmann at this point. Knows the league, can produce instant results, good for the dressing room for at least 1 year.

Nagelsmann would no doubt be a long term project but it's a big risk.
 
Did you miss this tweet or does it not fit your agenda? It clearly says it’s not dependant on the number of years left on his deal.

Depends if you believe a tweet or the articles that have been posted on multiple media sources with regards to the cost of sacking him.
 
Depends if you believe a tweet or the articles that have been posted on multiple media sources with regards to the cost of sacking him.

It depends on the contract signed by the two of them, not on the “informed speculation” from any third party outlet, though… so we will never know, if not through the club’s balance sheet (in case they have to make it public).
 
Depends if you believe a tweet or the articles that have been posted on multiple media sources with regards to the cost of sacking him.
Wtf are you talking about? The athletic and Matt law are both reporting that he isn’t getting the remainder of his contract paid off. So no he’s not getting £50m or anything close to the nonsense you quoted.
 
It depends on the contract signed by the two of them, not on the “informed speculation” from any third party outlet, though… so we will never know, if not through the club’s balance sheet (in case they have to make it public).

We do know he’s on £12m per year over 5 years.

He’s getting one of the biggest payouts ever. Whatever way you look at it.

Of course Law the Chelsea mouthpiece will try and spin it after the event though.
 
Let's fackin av it. JT to win us the big ears.
 
Wtf are you talking about? The athletic and Matt law are both reporting that he isn’t getting the remainder of his contract paid off. So no he’s not getting £50m or anything close to the nonsense you quoted.

Of course the Chelsea mouthpiece will look to spin it after the event. Do your research and you’ll find plenty of information which suggests otherwise.
 
Surprised pochettino hasn’t had any talks with any clubs since they’ve been quite a few clubs available.
The tweet posted in the La Liga thread had Poch going to Real Madrid next season
 
Did you miss this tweet or does it not fit your agenda? It clearly says it’s not dependant on the number of years left on his deal.
Yep, absolute worst case (like we did with Di Matteo) he'd get paid his weekly wage until he gets a new job.
 
Yep, absolute worst case (like we did with Di Matteo) he'd get paid his weekly wage until he gets a new job.

No I’d say the worst case is you pay him over £50m as per his contract.

Whatever happens he’s getting a huge pay off as he’s been at the club over 6 months.
 
Wtf are you talking about? The athletic and Matt law are both reporting that he isn’t getting the remainder of his contract paid off. So no he’s not getting £50m or anything close to the nonsense you quoted.

Yeah, the idea that Chelsea would sack him knowing they will have to pay him off close to 50m is ludicrous.
 
Wow. I liked what Potter was doing with Brighton & Hove, I think they brought quality to the league, and him jumping to Chelsea mid-season I thought was kinda weak. So it's just desserts. Chelsea still a shambolic club, long may that continue.
 
31% win rate at Brighton and a 38% win rate at Chelsea. Tbf, that's progrss. He should be aiming for a 40 odd percent win rate at his next club.
 
He was stupid for going there in the first place, no doubt they'll go and win the CL now.
 
CFC is a mess, but could they come out on top of things? They won’t play much football next season and that can be of great help. They have secured a lot of talent long term.

But what is mindboggling from my point of view is — what were the younger players who signed with them in January thinking? And I questioned this back at the time too.

How much will Malo Gusto, Noni Madueke, Carney Chukwuemeka, Andrey Santos, David Fofana and co play next season if Chelsea is looking at 38 games plus some national Cups? Even Mudryk? Nkunku is coming in Leipzig. Will they hire Nagelsman? Seems likely. Felix have been their best player by far. Are they buying him? They still don’t have a striker. Havertz?

And getting into the top 4 is never easy. There will be a lot of pressure on Chelsea next season. Missing one isn’t an issue — but two times in a row?

Every kid who signed with CFC was talking about how they loved their “project”. CFC paid what 40m to agents last season. CFC must have an awesome presentation — but where the heck were these players’ agents?

As a young player, by far the best option is to go to a team with a strong working core, enabling the team to rotate in the kids regularly. Preferably while being able to play many league games on ‘cruise control’. CFC don’t have a core. All games will be extremely important for CFC next season. The atmosphere will be pissy until they do extremely well. Huge squad, selling players is really hard. All this was known in January…
 
I feel bad for him. Left Brighton and watched them reach new heights without him and now he gets sacked after less than 7 months. And there was a world cup in this period too.
 
Yep, absolute worst case (like we did with Di Matteo) he'd get paid his weekly wage until he gets a new job.

It is probably mutual consent in terms of remaining payment. He will not get everything, but it will still be a massive payoff most likely. On top of £21.5 million you already paid to Brighton as a compensation when he came.
 
Was always a fraud. Brighton flourishing without him. He held them back one could say.