sport news Brighton confirm appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as head coach trends now From Sassuolo and Shakhtar... to the seaside! Brighton confirm appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as head coach with the Italian succeeding Graham Potter, after he left to take over at Chelsea Brighton have appointed Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach De Zerbi replaces Graham Potter, who recently left to take charge of Chelsea 43-year-old De Zerbi was previously the manager of Shakhtar Donetsk By Jeorge Bird For Mailonline Published: 19:53 BST, 18 September 2022 | Updated: 19:59 BST, 18 September 2022 Viewcomments Brighton have confirmed the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach. De Zerbi replaces Graham Potter, who was recently appointed as Chelsea manager. 43-year-old De Zerbi was most recently in charge of Shakhtar Donetsk. Brighton have confirmed the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach De Zerbi replaces Graham Potter, who recently left Brighton to become manager of Chelsea As well as managing Shakhtar, De Zerbi also had a spell in charge of Italian club Sassuolo Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility