Graham Potter already living Todd Boehly's 'Vision 2030' at Chelsea

Karan Tejwani

• 8 Oct 2022 18:30 BST
• 4 min read

Chelsea beat Wolves 3-0 in the Premier League to continue their revival after a slow start to the season, adding to their midweek win in the Champions League against Milan.

The Blues are growing in confidence under new manager Graham Potter, and are getting better, as evident by their most recent performances over the last week.

Co-owner Todd Boehly has made some difficult calls in recent times – the sacking of Todd Boehly was met with some criticism, but he is hoping some of his decisions will be vindicated in the near future.

Now, judging by their team against Wolves, it could be said that Potter was the ideal manager for their vision, which was to have a younger, more forward-thinking approach towards the running of the club.

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Potter the ideal person for Chelsea's vision

Chelsea have deployed “Vision 2030” which saw its academy already being overhauled by its boss Neil Bath as part of a new strategy and the club is now signing players for the future who he has recommended.

The goal of this vision is to make better use of their academy talents and younger players, and avoid seeing talent like Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori slip through their fingers after developing them.

That was the reason behind signings such as Gabriel Slonina, Carney Chukwuemeka, and Cesare Casadei, as well as reportedly attempting to sign Arsen Zakharyan.

Against Wolves on Saturday, the average age of Chelsea’s starting 11 was 26.1, with Kepa, Kalidou Koulibaly and Jorginho the only players over the age of 28 that started for the team.

Four academy graduates in Trevoh Chalobah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Conor Gallagher, and Mason Mount while Reece James and Armando Broja came off the bench for the Blues.

The average of the three goalscorers – Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic and Broja – was 22.6-years-old, while older players such as Raheem Sterling and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who signed in the summer, didn’t play at all.

Chelsea have also recently been linked to the signing of Christopher Vivell as their new Sporting Director, and he has a strong eye for younger players, having done that at RB Leipzig in recent times.

Potter has also proven how good he can be with younger players, showing that in his previous jobs with Ostersunds, Swansea and most impressively, at Brighton, until he left the Seagulls for Chelsea.

Potter himself spoke about the quality in the academy after the win over Wolves: "They're vital. They bring an understanding of the club, of the culture of the club, its demands and what is required in terms of environment.

"They've come through a fantastic education in the academy. They are good people and good footballers. Our job is to help them maximise their potential which is really exciting," he concluded.

Boehly is an ambitious figure, showing that over in America, and he’s keen to bring that over to Chelsea, willing to take risks and make big decisions, and his Vision 2030 would come to fruition as he wishes.