Chelsea sack Tuchel: Potter, Pochettino and the candidates to replace dismissed German at Stamford Bridge

The
Blues
started
their
European
campaign
with
a
lacklustre
1-0
setback
at
Dinamo
Zagreb,
a
result
that
follows
an
underwhelming
trend
to
start
the
season.

With
three
wins,
two
losses
and
one
draw
from
six
games,
the
Blues
sit
sixth
in
the
infant
Premier
League
table.

Still,
most
would
have
expected
Tuchel
–
who
has
won
the
Champions
League
and
Club
World
Cup
with
Chelsea
–
to
be
afforded
more
time
to
bed
in
the
likes
of
Raheem
Sterling,
Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang,
Wesley
Fofana
and
Kalidou
Koulibaly
following
a
big-spending
transfer
window
under
the
club’s
new
owners
led
by
Todd
Boehly.

But,
alas,
he
has
not,
and
for
the
first
time
Chelsea
are
after
a
new
boss
under
their
new
regime.
We
have
taken
a
look
at
the
most
likely
candidates
to
replace
Tuchel
at
Stamford
Bridge.

Chelsea
sack
coach
Thomas
Tuchel
after
Champions
League
shock

MAURICIO
POCHETTINO

The
last
time
Chelsea
were
looking
for
a
successor
for
a
sacked
manager,
they
turned
to
a
former
Paris
Saint-Germain
boss
in
Tuchel
to
replace
club
legend
Frank
Lampard.
Might
history
repeat
itself
here?
Certainly
Pochettino
would
be
attainable
after
the
Argentine
departed
the
Parc
des
Princes
in
July
despite
winning
the
Ligue
1
title.
Pochettino
also
brings
extensive
knowledge
of
the
Premier
League
having
managed
Southampton
before
joining
Tottenham
in
May
2014.
Pochettino
failed
to
deliver
major
silverware
but
did
lead
the
club
to
the
2019
Champions
League
final
and
secured
four
straight
top-four
finishes.

GRAHAM
POTTER

A
name
that
has
cropped
up
early
in
the
bookmakers’ odds
is
Brighton
and
Hove
Albion
boss
Potter,
a
man
who
has
earned
plenty
of
admirers
due
to
the
attractive
brand
of
football
employed
by
his
Seagulls
side.
Having
coached
Swedish
side
Ostersund
for
seven
years,
Potter
joined
Swansea
City
in
2018
and
a
year
later
made
the
move
to
the
Amex
Stadium.
After
finishing
15th
and
16th
in
his
first
two
top-flight
seasons,
Brighton
placed
ninth
last
term
and
Potter
has
long
been
tipped
for
bigger
things,
with
his
case
boosted
by
a
fantastic
start
to
the
2022-23
season.

ZINEDINE
ZIDANE

Another
boss
out
of
work,
though
reports
suggest
Zidane
remains
keen
to
take
on
the
France
job
should
Didier
Deschamps
leave
after
Qatar
2022.
One
of
the
greatest
players
of
all
time,
Zidane
has
also
enjoyed
success
in
the
dugout
at
Real
Madrid.
Over
two
spells
as
coach
at
the
Santiago
Bernabeu,
Zidane
won
three
Champions
League
titles
(all
in
a
row
from
2016
to
2018),
two
LaLiga
medals,
and
the
Club
World
Cup
twice
among
a
plethora
of
honours.
He
also
showed
his
ability
to
manage
big
egos
at
the
Santiago
Bernabeu,
a
trait
that
may
appeal
to
Boehly.

BRENDAN
RODGERS

A
move
that
would
probably
represent
an
outside
bet
given
Leicester
City’s
shoddy
start
to
the
season
that
sees
them
winless
after
six
matches
and
rooted
to
the
bottom
of
the
table,
but
there
is
context
behind
that
–
including
the
sale
of
Fofana
to
Chelsea.
Rodgers
previously
managed
Liverpool
and
went
agonisingly
close
to
winning
the
title
in
the
2013-14
season
–
eventually
finishing
runners-up
to
Manchester
City.
After
an
impressive
spell
with
Celtic,
Rodgers
returned
to
English
football
with
Leicester
and
defeated
Chelsea
in
the
2020-21
FA
Cup
final.
Moreover,
Rodgers
is
a
familiar
face
at
Stamford
Bridge
having
managed
the
club’s
reserve
side
from
2006-2008.

DIEGO
SIMEONE

Simeone
is
an
undoubted
legend
at
Atletico
Madrid,
where
he
has
managed
to
consistently
compete
against
heavyweight
rivals
Real
Madrid
and
Barcelona
in
LaLiga
for
over
a
decade.
A
two-time
league
winner,
to
go
with
medals
in
the
Europa
League,
Copa
del
Rey
and
Supercopa
a
Espana,
Simeone
knows
how
to
win
trophies
–
even
though
two
runs
to
the
final
of
the
Champions
League
both
ended
in
defeat
to
Real
Madrid.
But
having
finished
third
and
15
points
off
the
top
last
term,
and
started
this
season
in
patchy
form
(two
wins,
a
draw
and
a
defeat
from
four
games),
perhaps
Simeone
may
finally
be
swayed
by
the
prospect
of
pastures
new.