Graham Porter (47, England), Brighton & Hove Albion, has been appointed as the new head of Chelsea’s Premier League club in England.
Chelsea announced the appointment of a new manager on the 8th (local time), saying they have signed a five-year contract with Porter.
The terms of the contract were not disclosed, but ESPN, an American sports media outlet, estimated that “Chelsea paid £16 million to Porter’s former club Brighton & Hove Albion.”
Chelsea, who fired manager Thomas Tuchel (49, Germany) two days ago, immediately installed a replacement manager and started reorganizing the team.
Chelsea are 6th in the Premier League for the 2022-2023 season with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Former coach Tuchel was the runner-up in the FA Cup and League Cup last season, but he took the place on the day he lost 0-1 to Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League group stage. withdrew from
New manager Porter played as a left-back during his active career and played for Southampton in the Premier League.
He has no senior national team experience and has played in one match for England’s Under-21 national team.
As a manager, he took charge of the Östersund team in the Swedish 4th division in 2011 and promoted them one by one to the 1st division in 2016.
In 2018, he signed a three-year contract with Swansea City in the second division of England, but following one year he moved to the Premier League team Brighton & Hove Albion.
The first two seasons were sluggish at 15th and 16th, but last season, they climbed to 9th and achieved the best performance in the club’s history.
“It’s an honor and I’m very happy to be appointed Chelsea manager,” said Porter, who became Chelsea’s 30th head coach.
Manager Porter will keep the Chelsea bench from the game once morest Fulham on the 10th.
On the other hand, Tony Bloom, owner of Brighton & Hove Albion, who had to leave Porter with his contract expired, said, “It’s very unfortunate.”
Brighton & Hove Albion appointed Andrew Crofts (38, Wales), who was in charge of the Under-21 team, as acting manager.
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