Ben Chilwell and Marc Cucurella have despatched messages of because of Graham Potter however solely a handful of Chelsea gamers have publicly proven their appreciation to the sacked boss.
Potter was fired on Sunday night time after lower than seven months in cost, with the dismal 2-0 dwelling defeat to Aston Villa that left the Blues eleventh within the Premier League desk proving his final act.
While Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Denis Zakaria had no downside ‘liking’ the sacking announcement on Chelsea’s Instagram account, others within the squad did thank Potter for his efforts.
Defender Chilwell was the primary on Monday night time, posting an Instagram Story displaying him hugging Potter and the message ‘Thank you gaffer’ and a blue coronary heart emoji.
A trickle of others adopted, together with from Cucurella, who knew Potter from Brighton. The Spaniard posted an image of the pair talking on the coaching floor and the phrases: ‘Thanks and better of luck sooner or later, gaffer!’
Ben Chilwell (left) and Marc Cucurella (proper) have been the one Chelsea first-team gamers to ship social media messages of appreciation to sacked supervisor Graham Potter
Graham Potter reacts on the bench throughout Chelsea’s 2-0 dwelling defeat to Aston Villa
Armando Broja (left) and Noni Madueke (proper) have been the one different Chelsea gamers to ship messages of because of Potter on Instagram
Armando Broja, who has been out injured for almost all of Potter’s tenure, additionally took to Instagram to submit a coaching floor image and ‘thanks gaffer’ caption.
Noni Madueke, who was one in every of Chelsea’s January signings from PSV Eindhoven, was probably the most gushing in his appreciation of the outgoing supervisor.
‘Will all the time be grateful to you coach. All one of the best actually!’ He wrote on his Instagram message.
But with Chilwell and Cucurella the one first-team regulars to bid Potter a fond farewell, it suggests a lot of the Chelsea squad aren’t too upset to see him go.
That is definitely true within the case of outcast striker Aubameyang, who ‘favored’ Chelsea’s Instagram announcement on Sunday night time having not performed for the membership since late February.
The Gabon striker was minimize from Chelsea’s Champions League squad for the knockout levels to make room for January arrivals and not too long ago angered the membership by celebrating Barcelona’s Clasico win over Real Madrid along with his former team-mates.
Midfielder Zakaria, one other who discovered alternatives restricted below Potter, additionally ‘favored’ the submit.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang appeared to sign his approval for Graham Potter’s sacking by ‘liking’ Chelsea’s Instagram submit asserting the information
Eagle-eyed Chelsea followers noticed that Aubameyang had ‘favored’ the Instagram submit on Sunday
Denis Zakaria, one other to see recreation time restricted below Potter, additionally ‘favored’ the sacking submit
Chelsea now plan an ‘exhaustive’ seek for Potter’s successor, with the not too long ago deposed Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann joined by Luis Enrique, Mauricio Pochettino and Roberto De Zerbi on the early shortlist.
Bruno Saltor, who adopted Potter from Brighton when he took over final September, has taken short-term cost with Chelsea internet hosting Liverpool on Tuesday night time.
Potter is set to obtain £13million in compensation after his sacking. Chelsea paid a Premier League file £22m to extract Potter and his teaching crew from Brighton.
