Chelsea have avoided one strand of extra Graham Potter related embarrassment after the decision was made on Sunday to part ways with the manager. Todd Boehly cut ties with the 47-year-old just seven months into a five year contract offered in September.
It means that the American co-owner is now searching for the third permanent manager in his brief tenure as chair at the club, a far cry from the stability and rebuild that has become the goal of Boehly/Clearlake. Whilst Potter's assistant Bruno Saltor is set to take charge against Liverpool on Tuesday there are yet more things for the owners to work out.
Having paid over £20million to secure Potter and his backroom staff before offering the head coach £12m per year in one of the most lucrative contracts in the world for his position, a severance package has now been agreed that avoids further humiliation for the club.
