A shock report has detailed the trying conditions Graham Potter worked under at Chelsea, which included the club's €70 million January signing getting dressed for training outside the changing room.
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The 47-year-old was relieved of his duties on Sunday after the Blues succumbed to a 2-0 defeat at home against Aston Villa in the Premier League a day earlier.
Potter signed a five-year contract with the Stamford Bridge-based side in September last year after being brought in to replace Thomas Tuchel, but stayed in the job for just seven months.
It has since been reported that certain key figures in the team believed Potter was out of his depth as time went on and his role became more difficult, despite there never being any real animosity towards the ex-Brighton Hove Albion manager.
This is according to The Athletic, who also claim some in the squad referred to him as "Harry" or "Hogwarts" behind his back and that some players were required to sit on the floor during team meetings due to limited space.
While the changing room has since been reshaped, there was a time when new arrival Mykhailo Mudryk would need to get dressed for training in the corridor for similar reasons, along with English starlet Noni Madueke, who was signed in January from PSV Eindhoven.
Mudryk, meanwhile, was lured to the club from Shakhtar Donetsk for a whopping €70 million. The Ukrainian has battled to find form since arriving in England, having failed to score in his nine appearances so far.
Though the squad size, which increased after co-owner Todd Boehly sanctioned eight new signings at the turn of the year, might have complicated matters for Potter in London, there is a feeling that the departed coach will ultimately hold himself responsible for failing to pick up positive results consistently.
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The likes of Julian Nagelsmann, Luis Enrique and Mauricio Pochettino have been linked with the vacant role in recent days, with Bruno Saltor standing in as the team's interim manager in the mean time.
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