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Jorginho has suggested that he and his Chelsea teammates feel partly
“responsible” after Thomas Tuchel was sacked earlier this month.

Tuchel is the second Premier League manager to get sacked at the start
of this campaign.

Chelsea did not quite win the sack race as AFC Bournemouth beat them
to take that accolade as they have parted company with Scott Parker.

The Blues decided to sack Tuchel after the club lost three of their first
seven games of the campaign. These defeats came against Leeds United,
Southampton and Dinamo Zagreb.

But reports have suggested that Tuchel’s exit is more down to him
butting heads with new Chelsea owner Todd Boehly.
Around £250m was spent during the summer but Tuchel and Boehly
disagreed over several targets, including Man Utd’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

Back to matters on the pitch, Chelsea finished third in the Premier
League last term after winning the Champions League in 2020/21.

The London club were expected to challenge for the title but they ended
up 19 points adrift of champions Manchester City.

Chelsea’s start to the new campaign leaves them sixth in the table. They
are already five points adrift of league leaders Arsenal.

Jorginho has now admitted that “not one person is responsible” for
Chelsea’s struggles:
“Of course, we’re a team. So it’s not one person responsible for what
happened,” Jorginho told reporters.

“We are a team and a group on the pitch. Of course, it’s our
responsibility what happened.”

Jorginho is impressed by what he’s seen of Potter in his first few training
sessions. He thinks Chelsea’s new manager “is going to do very well”: