Ex-Super Eagles star faults Potter's sack by Chelsea, blames poor recruitment for poor form
Published: April 04, 2023Former Super Eagles forward Victor Ikpeba has questioned the decision of the Chelsea hierarchy to sack manager Graham Potter in the aftermath of the 2-0 defeat against Aston Villa on Saturday.
The Blues are currently placed 11th in the Premier League standings after the recent setback.
Ikpeba was analyzing the Chelsea situation on Monday Night Football broadcast on SuperSport.
"It's unfortunate (that Potter was sacked). In football, it's about results. When you look at the time lines, the statistics from when he (Potter) took over, you cannot argue that the players aren't doing enough," Ikpeba said.
Ikpeba spared thoughts on former Gabon international, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who like Ikpeba himself was a onetime winner of the African Footballer of The Year award.
"The truth if the matter is that I don't know why he doesn't have faith in Aubameyang. You can't win games without strikers. There are no strikers in this Chelsea side.
"You have a lot of attacking players in the team. Joao Felix who came from Atletico Madrid, you can't question his creativity but he's not a player that can score two digits goals for you. They just bought these players from everywhere.
"I think the Chelsea owners and recruitment department must take responsibility for what is happening at Chelsea.
"Sacking a manager nine or 10 games to the end of the season won't solve this problem. They should have kept faith with Potter until the end of the season and say: 'you have done your best bye bye'
"Time will tell. Whoever takes over - will he get the best out of the players?
"The new Chelsea manager might come in and start getting the results. So it's unfortunate for Potter," the onetime Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco forward stressed.
Chelsea will host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night in the Premier League then face Real Madrid next midweek in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.
Izuchukwu Michael
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