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Chelsea intend to stick with Graham Potter even if he were to miss out on Champions League qualification.
Potter was named as Thomas Tuchel’s successor on Thursday, with his new employers expecting a top-four finish to be the minimum achieved this season along with a run deep into Europe’s top competition.
However, the Todd Boehly- Clearlake Capital consortium that now own Chelsea are preparing for the long-term with Potter and also the club.
They do not see one year out of the competition as reason to rip up those plans or an outcome that would leave Potter in danger of losing his job.
Incoming Chelsea boss Graham Potter has received the long-term backing of the club
After assessing Chelsea from top to bottom in their first 100 days they are confident they have got it right in making Potter their first managerial appointment and have full faith in what they have mapped out for the club.
Potter has been handed a five-year contract and is also understood to have been told that he will get the time he needs to make things work. Potter left Brighton fourth in table, three points clear of Chelsea in sixth.
The Londoners have lost three of their seven games so far this season, including Tuesday’s shock Champions League loss against Dinamo Zagreb, which turned out to be
