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Alex Young and Marc Mayo

Chelsea sack Potter LIVE! Latest news, updates as search for next manager begins

Chelsea sack Graham Potter LIVE!

Bruno Saltor has today faced the media after becoming Chelsea’s interim manager, following the sacking of Graham Potter. The former Brighton defender steps up having been kept on at Stamford Bridge, only seven months after he joined Potter at the club.

Already the likes of Julian Nagelsmann and Mauricio Pochettino are emerging as contenders to become the Blues’ next manager, while Potter is being linked with the Leicester job. Whether Chelsea are able to find a new permanent boss before the end of the season or, like Tottenham, resort to a caretaker remains to be seen.

Chelsea’s ownership have spent £600million since taking over the club last summer but the home defeat on Saturday saw them drop into the bottom half of the league and 12 points off the all-important Champions League qualification spots, Follow all the latest from Stamford Bridge, including expert insight from Chelsea correspondent Nizaar Kinsella.

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