Ferdinand shares how Mount and James will feel about Potter to Chelsea

Chelsea fans react to Thomas Tuchel sacking

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Rio Ferdinand believes Chelsea duo Reece James and Mason Mount would welcome the appointment of Graham Potter as the club’s new head coach. Potter is set to replace Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge following the German’s sacking on Wednesday.

Brighton gave Chelsea permission to speak to their boss shortly after Tuchel was relieved of his duties. An agreement is expected to be reached on Thursday and Potter could be in the dugout for Saturday’s match at Fulham.

Mauricio Pochettino and Zinedine Zidane have been considered as alternatives by Chelsea. But Ferdinand is a huge fan of Potter and reckons he would be the right appointment.

Speaking on his YouTube channel Vibe with Five, Ferdinand said: “It’s a giant statement from Todd Boehly and his team today. It leads you to the point ‘where are they going to go then?’

“Have they got someone lined up? The game was last night, did he know already in the game last night?

“The names coming in jumping in my WhatsApp groups are like Pochettino, Graham Potter, Zidane – they’re the three names. For me, Graham Potter’s done an absolutely fabulous job at Brighton, they’ll be reluctant to let him go I’m sure.

“I’m sure Danny Welbeck will be sitting there thinking ‘please, I’m having a great spell, the clubs in a great position don’t go’. But I think he’ll be someone courted by bigger clubs than Brighton but then would he take it?

“I think he’s a great coach, immediately what I was impressed with about him, when he went into Brighton their style of football changed, he’s got a clear identity of how he wants to play football and gets players playing a particular way quickly. On the grass he’ll be great in that sense.”

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Ferdinand has questioned whether Potter will be able to deal with huge egos in the Chelsea squad. However, he doesn’t think there will be a problem when it comes to former academy graduates James and Mount.

The Manchester United legend added: “Will he be able to handle the egos and stature of players there because he’s never had that experience? He’s not someone who’s known that he can win yet.

“There are some things that might go against him in that sense but I do believe in handling players and egos. There’s a good nucleus of younger players that would warm to him, definitely, the Reece James’, Mason Mount’s of this world and so on, Connor Gallagher’s etc.

“I think there’s young enough players in the dressing room who would lead that.”

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