By Victor Kanayo
Less than 24 hours after Thomas Tuchel was sacked as Chelsea football club coach, former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane, PSG Manager Mauricio Pochettino and current Brighton handler Graham Potter are already lined up.
Of the three, Potter, who still has existing contract with Brighton is reportedly favoured to take over in few days time.
According to SunSport, Potter is set to travel to London later on Wednesday to speak to Chelsea about their vacant head coach position.
So, the Blues were planning on contacting Brighton about Potter’s availability earlier on Wednesday.
Report said the Seagulls have given Potter, 47, permission to speak to Chelsea chiefs.
The new Blues owners are keen to take the club in a new direction with a young and ambitious manager, rather thing hiring and firing big names.
The Chelsea management wants a new gaffer in place before Saturday’s West London derby against Fulham.
Heritage Times HT learnt that Potter is still at Brighton’s training ground but will travel from the South Coast to the capital later on.
There he will meet with owner Todd Boehly to discuss the prospect of taking over from Thomas Tuchel, with the blues willing to pay the compensation in Potter’s contract that will allow him to leave the Amex.
Tuchel was ruthlessly sacked by American businessman Boehly in a 10 minute conference call.
Potter has overseen a flying start to the campaign with Brighton.
The Seagulls beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on the opening day of the season.
They have won four of six games so far and sit fourth in the Premier League table, three points ahead of Chelsea.
Potter took over at Brighton in 2019 after a year with Swansea, and seven years in Sweden with Ostersund before that.
