GRAHAM POTTER is set for a huge windfall after being sacked as Chelsea manager.
The Blues announced his dismissal on Sunday following the 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.
The result saw Chelsea slip to 11th place in the Premier League with Potter having won just 12 out of 31 games in charge.
Potter replaced Thomas Tuchel as boss in September and agreed a five-year deal.
But according to The Telegraph Chelsea do not have to pay Potter the full value of his contract, which would have totalled £50million.
However, he will be due regular severance payments after being paid around £190,000 a week during his spell in West London.
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Potter has been a very costly appointment for Todd Boehly and Chelsea, as the club paid Brighton £21.5million in compensation to hire the 47-year-old.
That works out to around £3.1m spent for every Prem win, with Potter managing only seven.
He leaves Chelsea with the joint-worst record of any manager in the club’s Premier League history.
Only Glenn Hoddle matched Potter with a return of 1.17 points per game, with the latter also recording the lowest points total of any Blues boss in the Prem with 28.
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Boehly will now turn his attention to appointing Potter’s successor though the club is in no rush.
Former Brighton defender Bruno is set to take over until the end of the season while Boehly conducts a “long and thorough search” for his next manager.
Julian Nagelsmann is the early favourite to take charge following his sacking by Bayern Munich last month, though the German has also been linked to Tottenham.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
