Football News: Will Graham Potter be able "assist" Todd Boehly's vision 

Brighton & Hove Albion have received £20 million in compensation from the west London giants after signing the 47-year-old Englishman to a five-year contract.

Only four years have passed since Graham Potter left Ostersunds for Swansea City. His selection as Chelsea manager on a five-year contract was confirmed on Thursday, a day after Thomas Tuchel was fired. This is a stunning, fast ascent, even within the constant upheaval of the Premier League.

Potter's stocks have never been higher. At Brighton, he has transformed a cautious squad used to fighting for survival from the bottom of the league into a progressive one that is much praised.

He guided them to their highest Premier League finish in ninth place last year, and they've gotten off to an even better start this year, now sitting in the fourth position after six games.

He has accomplished this while strengthening his standing as an innovative thinking coach. 

Potter has a reputation for taking risks and being tactically adaptable, and he has experience playing without a striker, an area in which Chelsea is similarly thin.

Why did a move to Chelsea make sense for Graham Potter?

Potter gained notoriety in Ostersunds, the eccentric Swedish club whose methods included team performances of Swan Lake, and is known for his master's degree in emotional intelligence.

Because of his apparent drive, it's not hard to see why Potter would want to play for Chelsea.

Stamford Bridge would allow him to test himself in a top-flight setting, with a different calibre of player at his disposal than he had at Ostersunds, Swansea City, or Brighton, with the exception of left-back Marc Cucurella, who moved from Brighton to Chelsea last month.

Managers and experts alike are critical of Boehly's move here. Former Scotland and Liverpool captain, Graeme Souness, joins the likes of Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville in being quite vital to Boehly and the events that have transpired thus far during his four months in office.

Souness, like many others, has warned Potter about the tensions within the Chelsea locker room and how they differ from the environments Potter has known at Brighton, Swansea, and Ostersunds.

In his column, Souness said, "This is what Graham Potter must now weigh up, as he holds talks about becoming Tuchel's successor. Potter has done a fabulous job at Brighton. But to go from managing the players he's got at Brighton to managing the players in that Chelsea dressing room, at this time, will be very, very different for him."

Potter has previously said that he is ambitious and wants to succeed. However, he also said, "But I am no magician. I need help. To be successful as a coach, you need good people around you – staff, board, CEO, the club's strategy, the structures around it, the players."

He is communicating his expectations to Chelsea's leadership right from the get-go.

Remember that Potter's stint at Brighton was not without its challenges. A few home supporters booed his team off the field ten months ago when they were amid a winless streak of twelve games.

Chelsea is a club that is unrivalled by its contemporaries in managerial churn, so if he doesn't quickly turn around their fortunes, he may find himself being tossed out.

So, it seems like a risk for Potter, Boehly and the Blues if he decides to join Chelsea.