Bruno Saltor vows to do his best for Chelsea after ‘sad’ Graham Potter sacking

Chelsea interim boss Bruno Saltor expressed his sadness at the departure of Graham Potter, but promised to do his best for Tuesday’s visit of Liverpool Potter was sacked on Sunday night after the Blues dropped to 11th in the Premier League following a 2-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa The decision to remove Potter was taken by Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart with the unanimous backing of Todd Boehly and co-owner Behdad Eghbali, the PA news agency understands Billy Reid has joined Potter in leaving, but ex-Brighton full-back Bruno has remained in post alongside Bjorn Hamberg, goalkeeper coach Ben Roberts and recruitment specialist Kyle Macaulay “I just spoke to Graham five minutes ago,” Bruno revealed at the start of his press conference “Obviously it’s been a difficult 24 hours for all of us, for the staff, for the families and now we just have to deal with the situation “It is a sad day. A sad day for staff because Graham and Billy leaving, two top coaches, top people, top human beings “How I see it is I have to be the most professional I can, try to help the players, guide the players to prepare the game the best we can “If I am here right now it’s because Graham and the club, they thought it was the right step and I’m here just trying to help the club and trying to be the most professional I can”