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Jake Stokes

Paul Merson and Gary Neville disagree on perfect next Chelsea boss as unlikely candidate named

Paul Merson and Gary Neville have disagreed as to who should be appointed as next Chelsea manager. Graham Potter was sacked on Sunday evening following the Blues' defeat to Aston Villa and Todd Boehly is now in the market for a new head coach.

For now the west London outfit are be fronted by Bruno Saltor, who followed the former Chelsea boss from the Amex Stadium to Stamford Bridge in September as an assistant coach. Plenty of managers across Europe have already been heavily linked with replacing Potter in the dugout, such as Julian Naglesmann, Luis Enrique and Zinedine Zidane.

However, Merson believes that Brendan Rodgers would be the perfect candidate to take the helm at Chelsea. The 50-year-old was sacked by Leicester City just hours earlier after Crystal Palace dealt the Foxes a huge blow to their hopes of remaining in the Premier League.

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