Graham Potter explains biggest mistake he made as Chelsea manager - 'The world was closing in'

Graham Potter's Chelsea tenure didn't spell to program arsenic helium was sacked wrong months arsenic the ex-Brighton brag admits helium was incorrect to deliberation their had been a civilization displacement post-Roman Abramovich

Graham Potter admits helium was naive to deliberation that the caller ownership astatine Chelsea would alteration the club's demanding civilization - which yet led to him getting the sack.

The Englishman had impressed for respective years astatine Brighton and became the first assignment of the Todd Boehly era, which had followed connected from Roman Abramovich's ruthless two-decade tenure. The Russian was known for his deficiency of patience - firing galore managers.

That became a inclination but Potter felt that the caller owners would instrumentality a antithetic approach, but rapidly discovered that the winning demands had remained. The Blues mislaid 3 games connected the bounce anterior to the World Cup interruption and the caller brag could consciousness the unit mounting.

Upon the resumption of the Premier League Chelsea continued to conflict for results and Potter was sacked successful the April. The ex-Brighton brag besides admits his deficiency of apical level acquisition was possibly held against him.

He told Sky Sports: "The mistake I made was reasoning that caller ownership means there's a accidental of a alteration of culture. But really civilization runs a batch deeper than that. Before the World Cup we lone mislaid 3 matches - Arsenal, Newcastle and Brighton but already the world was closing in, it was adjacent to crisis.

"Perspective is sometimes not truthful casual to get, Chelsea were utilized to winning and it was an casual happening to deliberation 'we're not winning, it indispensable beryllium the manager who's not worked astatine that level, possibly he's the problem' and I tin recognize wherefore they deliberation that due to the fact that the results weren't what they expected."

In pursuit of triumph Boehly and co person shown that they are arsenic blessed to prosecute and occurrence managers. The antheral who replaced Potter, Mauricio Pochettino, was lone fixed a play earlier helium was axed with Enzo Maresca present the antheral astatine the helm.

Potter has remained retired of absorption since his Chelsea dismissal contempt being linked with the likes of Manchester United and England. The 49-year-old has taken the clip to bespeak aft what was the astir scarring acquisition of his managerial career.

He said: "It's ne'er bully erstwhile you suffer your job, but you person to dainty it arsenic a learning experience, you person to dainty it arsenic an accidental to turn and improve. I'm grateful for the accidental I had and grateful for the experience. It was pugnacious and it was challenging, but determination were immoderate highlights arsenic well."

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