What happens next is a major question at Chelsea who have spent millions of dollars on their squad with no real direction or purpose. Chelsea has 33 first team players and 22 players out on loan for a total of 55 players with Chelsea contracts.

How Todd Boehly reasserts the team will be key in providing Chelsea a clear path forward with former Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann being the leading candidate for the head coaching position. One player who is happy that Potter is gone, it would seem, is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who liked a post on Instagram about the sacking of his former manager.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang likes Graham Potter sacking post

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang liked the post issued by Chelsea announcing the termination of Potter’s contract at the club. The 33 year old was brought in from Barcelona where he scored 11 goals in 18 games by Thomas Tuchel but after Tuchel was sacked, Aubameyang fell out of favor.

Aubameyang in total played 12 Premier League games and scored only 1 goal and for the season, last playing in February, he has 3 goals in 18 games across all competitions. During the winter Aubameyang was close to being transferred to MLS’ LAFC but ultimately decided to stay at Chelsea, maybe now he has a new lease on life at the club, as Chelsea continue to struggle to find a consistent goal scorer.

However, the results are just not coming. This weekend, Chelsea lost to last place Southampton in the Premier League and, following that unexpectedresult, they have two wins in their last 14 matches in all competitions. Chelsea are tenth place in the standings inthe Premier and on the verge of elimination in the Round of 16 at the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund.

Now, in an incredible episode, Graham Potter has finally spoken about the crisis at Chelsea. Believe or not, the coach feels he’s not the one to blame for his players’ woes. It’s a shocking statement indeed.

Graham Potter says he’s not the one to blame for crisis at Chelsea

So, after Chelsea’s loss to Southampton at home, Graham Potter had a lot to explain considering he was defeated by the worst team in the Premier League. That happened even with millions spent on transfers to revive the club in the second half of the season.

“I think we’vehad a tough period and I think we’vehad lots of challenges in terms of integrating younger players into the Premier League. That’s how it is and I’m sure there will be people out there who think that I’m the problem. I don’t think that they are right, but, I’m not arrogant enough to say that their opinion isn’t worth articulating.”

Of course, Graham Potter’s side of the story has shocked thousands of fans who believe the coach has all the tools to succeed.”After a 1-0 defeat at home, any criticism you get is understandable. The truth is we took a step back in terms of our performance in the first half. The response in the second half was good, but obviously it wasn’t good enough.”

Well, Graham Potter has ignited a huge controversy. You should be in trouble when you only score 23 goals in the Premier League and might be out early in Champions League even with a lineup which has names such as Koulibaly, Badiashile, Azpilicueta, Kovacic, Enzo Fernandez, Joao Felix or Mason Mount.