Appointing Graham Potter as head coach represents a change of approach for Chelsea. Potter's reputation skyrocketed during his spell at Brighton, but it's a huge jump stepping up to manage a European heavyweight in Chelsea.
Almost every Chelsea manager appointed since 2010 has had previous experience managing a big European side. Frank Lampard and Roberto Di Matteo didn't, but every other boss the Blues have appointed in that period had previously managed a European side expected to compete for trophies.
Potter has an interesting background, getting into coaching through University football before earning his stripes in Sweden with Ostersunds. The 47-year-old then returned to the UK to manage Swansea City and Brighton.
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Former Blues midfielder Craig Burley believes one of the greatest tasks Potter faces at Stamford Bridge is managing big personalities and egos, likening the situation to when Julian Nagelsmann was appointed by Bayern Munich last April. Burley says managing a team full of world-class talents could be 'frightening' for Potter.
“It’s not dissimilar to Nagelsmann at RB Leipzig going to Bayern Munich," he told ESPN.
“He himself said he was nervous. At Leipzig he was the big star. They had good players but he was the star. He goes to Bayern and you walk in and it’s [Robert] Lewandowski, it’s [Thomas] Muller, it’s all these great players. It is frightening sometimes.
“Graham Potter is a confident, self-assured guy with his ideas but he is walking out of that Brighton dressing room and now he is walking in and telling Thiago Silva what to do, telling [Kalidou] Koulibaly where he wants him to stand.
“He is telling Reece James who is one of the best full-backs in the game, N’Golo Kante, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in the door, you have got all these attacking players, it’s a different conversation.
“It can affect a manager and it is not going to be easy for him, and those players have to listen. If three or four of those senior players don’t listen and turn the other way, it’s a huge problem for him. I hope he does not face that."
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