REVEALED: Chelsea paid £21.5m compensation to Brighton on Graham Potter
Brighton Hove and Albion have confirmed that Chelsea paid £21.5m in compensation to the club for signing Graham Potter and other backroom staff.
Potter joined Chelsea last September on five-year deal worth £60m after the sacking of Thomas Tuchel.
It is a record sum paid by a Premier league club for a head coach and the second biggest of all time – behind Bayern Munich’s £22m fee to bring in Julian Nagelsmann from RB Leipzig in 2021
This was contained in the latest financial statement published by the club on Wednesday
The financial statement reads: “On 18 September 2022 the club was delighted to appoint Roberto de Zerbi as its new Head Coach following the loss of Graham Potter and his team to Chelsea a few days earlier in a deal that saw the club receive a sum of £21.5m.”
The financial returns posted a profit of £24.1m for the financial year ending June 30, 2022.
Potter has had a tricky time in Chelsea since moving to Stamford Bridge. The team currently occupy 10th position on the log with 38 points
