Senior Chelsea players tell Graham Potter last pre-season was worst they’d had

The Blues fired Thomas Tuchel in September less than seven weeks after the team returned from touring the US.

Graham Potter said senior players have confided in him about the club’s poor pre-season preparations (Adam Davy/PA)

Graham Potter has revealed some senior Chelsea players told him that last summer’s pre-season preparations under his predecessor were the worst they had ever experienced.

The club sacked former boss Thomas Tuchel in September less than seven weeks after the team returned from touring the US, a turbulent two-week trip during which the German’s relationship with the Blues’ ownership began to break down.