Former Chelsea man admits current Blues owners made recruitment decisions themselves | OneFootball

There has been a fascinating interview that has surfaced this week and it is quite revealing and very eye opening indeed.

I feel like when someone leaves Chelsea, especially when it is a manager, that they often hold their true thoughts and feelings about it all in for some time.

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And I think the same has happened with Graham Potter. After he was sacked by Chelsea he just disappeared. He hasn’t had another job since and he pretty much took a career hiatus. We didn’t even see or hear from him at all. More recently though, he has started to appear on more shows and podcasts and do more interviews. But it is his latest one on the High Performance Podcast today that has been the most honest and revealing interview he has done since being sacked.

I feel like Potter has now finally provided some more home truths on Chelsea and said more of what he has been feeling.

Boehly and Eghbali in control of recruitment

Potter failed at Chelsea

Potter admits that it was the Chelsea owners, Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali and co who wanted to make all the decisions around recruitment when he was there.

On the Podcast, Potter said:

“I think because that because their ambition was so strong, they wanted to make some decisions themselves around recruitment.

“And as a head coach, I’ve never got to Chelsea by being the guy that said, I want to be in control of everything. You’re the owner, you’re the guy that’s responsible for the football club, if you want to do this, then my job is to support it.”

There was certainly some mistakes made in those early days, and I’m unsure how I feel about a manager having no say on who they sign for his team. I can feel sympathy for Potter here for sure.