Jamie Carragher believes that Graham Potter would not be the right fit for Chelsea with the former Liverpool defender preferring Mauricio Pochettino. The North London club sacked Thomas Tuchel a day after their shock 1-0 defeat to Dinamo Zagreb in their opening game of the Champions League. Brighton has given Chelsea permission to talk to Potter who will meet Todd Boehly on Wednesday.
“It was a shock because I just thought the new regime at Chelsea would be different from Roman Abramovich. I said a few days ago if Abramovich was still in charge, you would fear for Thomas Tuchel because of what happened in the past with Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte, Carlo Ancelotti – lots of great managers. But I did feel as if it might have been a different type of regime, so it’s a huge shock,” Jamie Carragher said talking about Graham Potter. “It hasn’t been a great start, we get that, but Chelsea just felt like a team who needed the transfer window to end, get the squad that they wanted and then give a top-quality manager a chance, certainly over the next few weeks or months to put some sort of team together.”
“We’re talking six games into a season. He bought Aubameyang who made his debut last night and Fofana’s played two games, so the idea that this team’s been put together with a lot of money spent – I understand that – pressure comes with that and Thomas Tuchel will understand that – but he was almost like a director of football a lot through the summer as well,” he added. “He was heavily involved in bringing the players in, so he should have been given more time certainly, even just the next three games which takes them up to the international break.”
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