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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Nizaar Kinsella

Why Chelsea’s owners decided Graham Potter had to go

In the end, Chelsea’s owners felt they had no choice but to dispense with the man they chose to lead their new era at Stamford Bridge.

Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali indicated they wanted to break from the hire-and-fire culture under Roman Abramovich by handing Graham Potter a five-year contract when he was appointed in September.

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