Tuchel Chelsea compensation: What are football's most expensive sackings ever?

Chelsea have officially appointed former Brighton boss Graham Potter as their new head coach following the dismissal of Thomas Tuchel on Tuesday morning.

The club’s board – led by chairman Todd Boehly – axed Tuchel after the Blues’ disappointing start to the season, which has seen them lose three games in little over a month.

Having invested a record £253 million during the recently-closed summer transfer window, the Chelsea hierarchy acted swiftly to make a change, sparing no expense to bring in the highly-regarded Potter following the west London side’s embarrassing 1-0 Champions League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb earlier this week.

Per a tweet from Simon Storey of BBC Sport, the Blues have forked out a staggering £21m in compensation to the Seagulls for Potter and his backroom staff, namely his assistant Billy Reid, first-team coaches Bjorn Hamberg and Bruno, goalkeeping coach Ben Roberts and assistant head of recruitment Kyle Macaulay.

Chelsea certainly appear confident that Potter is the right man to revive their fortunes, given that they have handed Potter a five-year deal.

The total cost, however, of Chelsea’s decision to change managers is far greater than the £21m paid to Brighton.

Former boss Tuchel’s Chelsea contract had been due to expire in 2024 after he signed an extension last summer.

According to a report from the Daily Mail, Tuchel is set to receive a full year’s salary in compensation from the club following his sacking – believed to amount to £13m.

In addition, a further £2m in severance payments are expected to be made to the German’s backroom team.

Tuchel’s £13m individual payout sees him become the sixth Chelsea manager in the last 15 years to receive compensation in of more than £10m after being