Former Manchester United defender, Paul McGrath said Chelsea did bad business by ignoring Zinedine Zidane and Mauricio Pochettino in replacing sacked coach Thomas Tuchel.
Chelsea settled for Graham Potter to revive the club’s fortunes after three straight losses under Tuchel. Club owner co-owner Todd Boehly and his team decided to pay Brighton over £20million to part ways with the Potter.
“When you are Chelsea and you need a manager, it behoves a club that were European Champions last year and are World Club Champions to get nothing but the best,” McGrath wrote in the Sunday World. “And right now ‘nothing but the best,’ in terms of available managers, meant either Zinedine Zidane or Mauricio Pochettino.
“Instead of going for either man who are free agents, Chelsea paid, it is believed, a total of £22 million to loosen Potter and his coaches from their Brighton contracts. It makes no sense to me.”