{"id":1200959,"date":"2022-09-08T16:56:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T16:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/08\/graham-potter-announced-as-chelseas-new-head-coach\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T16:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T16:56:23","slug":"graham-potter-announced-as-chelseas-new-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/08\/graham-potter-announced-as-chelseas-new-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Potter announced as Chelsea&#8217;s new head coach \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Graham Potter becomes the first managerial appointment of the Todd Boehly era following his summer takeover.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The American is still acting as sporting director having moved on director Marina Granovskaia, chairman Bruce Buck and technical and performance advisor Petr Cech in a complete overhaul of Roman Abramovich\u2019s trusted staff.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports News understands Chelsea have paid Brighton a total of \u00a321.5m in compensation for Potter and the other four members of staff that have followed him to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0Coach Seydou Zerbo drops Mbella from Kotoko 21-man travelling squad for RC Kadiogo clash \u2013 See full list<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are thrilled to bring Graham to Chelsea,\u201d said Boehly after Potter\u2019s appointment. \u201cHe is a proven coach and an innovator in the Premier League who fits our vision for the club. Not only is he extremely talented on the pitch, he has skills and capabilities that extend beyond the pitch which will make Chelsea a more successful club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has had a major impact at his previous clubs and we look forward to his positive impact at Chelsea. We look forward to supporting him, his coaching team and the squad in realising their full potential in the coming months and years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old will be followed from Brighton to Chelsea by Kyle MacAulay, the recruitment expert that\u2019s been with him since his Ostersunds days, assistant head coach Billy Reid, goalkeeper coach Ben Roberts and first-team coach Bjorn Hamberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly proud and excited to represent Chelsea FC, this fantastic football club,\u201d said Potter. \u201cI am very excited to partner with Chelsea\u2019s new ownership group and look forward to meeting and working with the exciting group of players and to develop a team and culture that our amazing fans can be proud of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also like to place my sincere thanks to Brighton &#038; Hove Albion for allowing me this opportunity and in particular Tony Bloom and all the players, staff and supporters for their continued support during my time at the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_280378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-280378\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" class=\"size-full wp-image-280378\" alt=\"Graham Potter as Chelsea new coach\" width=\"502\" height=\"613\"  data-lazy- src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-08-at-4.23.13-PM.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" class=\"size-full wp-image-280378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-08-at-4.23.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Graham Potter as Chelsea new coach\" width=\"502\" height=\"613\"  \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-280378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graham Potter as Chelsea new coach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Potter\u2019s first game in charge will be a west London derby at Fulham on Saturday, kick-off 12.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Graham Potter becomes the first managerial appointment of the Todd Boehly era following his summer takeover. The American is still acting as sporting director having moved on director Marina Granovskaia, chairman Bruce Buck and technical and performance advisor Petr Cech in a complete overhaul of Roman Abramovich\u2019s trusted staff. Sky Sports News understands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1200960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3521,6218,1763,13681,13682],"class_list":["post-1200959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-announced","tag-chelseas","tag-coach","tag-graham","tag-potter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1200959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1200959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1200959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1200959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}