Graham Potter arrived at Chelsea’s Cobham training ground on Thursday to sign a contract to take over as manager. He had earlier verbally agreed to succeed Thomas Tuchel, who was sacked on Wednesday.
Chelsea made Potter their No 1 target and swiftly received permission from Brighton to speak to him. A substantial compensation payment – understood to be about £16m – is being paid and Potter is poised to take charge of Chelsea for the first time in Saturday’s game at Fulham.
