Graham Potter ‘will end up at Leicester City’ as a replacement for Brendan Rodgers after his sacking by Premier League giants Chelsea.
That is according to Jamie O’Hara, the former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder baffled by just how quickly and how dramatically things unravelled for one of England’s most exciting young tacticians in, with all due respect to Brighton, his first elite-level managerial role.
The good news, as far as Potter is concerned, is that few may hold that dismal Chelsea spell against him.
The instability caused by the reckless spending of owner Todd Boehly, and the baffling make-up of this most lopsided of Chelsea squads, would have tested even the most experienced of coaches.
A Leicester side who prefer to sign up-and-coming, under-the-radar talents, while priding themselves upon an attractive, possession-based style of play, feels like a far better fit for a man who made his name in a similar if less pressure-filled environment on the South Coast.
Will Graham Potter replace Brendan Rodgers at Leicester City
“I think he will end up at Leicester,” O’Hara tells talkSPORT; the Foxes in the market for a manager after Brendan Rodgers’ departure on Sunday.
“I think Potter is going to go to Leicester, (Julian) Nagelsmann is going to go to Chelsea and Brendan Rodgers is going to end up at Tottenham.”
A last-gasp 2-1 defeat at relegation rivals Crystal Palace was the final straw for the beleaguered Rodgers. And the jubilation that greeted the news of his departure from some quarters is a reminder of just how quickly things can change in this most fickle of games.
Less than two years ago, after all, Rodgers was guiding Leicester to FA Cup and Community Shield success over Chelsea and Manchester City.
Potter, like Rodgers, found out the hard way that, in this results-driven business, past success counts for little.
“For me, Graham Potter had to go in the end,” O’Hara adds. “He should have gone a few months ago! The results are so bad in the Premier League. I thought Graham Potter going there would be a good move. I thought it was a step up for him and he could have done something special
“But it just fell apart. The players weren’t plying the way he wanted to play, and he kept changing the team. They are on page two of the Premier League table (in eleventh place)! It’s unacceptable. He had to go.
After watching Chelsea play, no because its been a disaster. If you asked me when he left Brighton, I would have said yes! But watching this team play, it’s been absolutely woeful. They’ve been awful.”
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