Ex-Chelsea star Petit: Potter a big gamble

Football
12 Sep 2022 • 8:32 PM MYT
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Former Chelsea star Emmanuel Petit thinks the club have taken a 'big gamble' by appointing Graham Potter.

The Englishman has joined Chelsea from Brighton after the sacking of Thomas Tuchel.

And Petit thinks Potter could struggle with the big egos and personalities within the Chelsea dressing room.

He told Lord Ping: "Something is broken at Chelsea, and I hope with a new manager that things will change, but it will take time.

"Before sorting their performances out on the pitch, they must first sort out the dressing room. Graham Potter is a gamble for Chelsea. I have big respect for the work Potter has done at Brighton; the team has improved so much but Chelsea is a new world for him, it's completely different.

"The standards and egos of the players are not the same. I hope he will succeed, but it's a big gamble. I have no idea how the players will react to his appointment, but I can imagine some will be happy and some will be unhappy. Chelsea have many players, like Mason Mount, who are far away from the level they need to be at."