Report: 48-year-old could become Chelsea’s new manager, he loves playing three-at-the-back

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Reports have claimed that Eintracht Frankfurt manager Oliver Glasner could become the new man in charge at Chelsea.

According to The Guardian, the 48-year-old is one of the names on the list at Stamford Bridge as the hunt begins to find the best candidate to replace Graham Potter.

Todd Boehly had been an avid defender of the Englishman since hiring him, giving him backing despite the dire run of form at the club in the last few months.

It appears the loss against Aston Villa on Saturday though, which saw the Blues finish the weekend in the bottom half of the table, was too much for anyone to defend anymore, and the decision was made yesterday to let the former Brighton man go.

Attention quickly turned to who would be next in line to take the job at Stamford Bridge. The timing of Julian Nagelsmann’s sacking at Bayern Munich is hard to ignore.

Glasner could become Chelsea manager

Hiring the German would be the ultimate managerial merry-go round, after former Blue Thomas Tuchel recently took the job with the Bundesliga champions.

However, there are plenty of other names linked with the job too, and The Guardian have claimed that Glasner is one of those appreciated at Stamford Bridge.

The Austrian is an avid three at the back user, seen in his time as the manager of Frankfurt. This spell has been extremely successful so far, with him winning the Europa League last season.

He enjoyed a run to the knockout stages of the Champions League this season too, although that recently came to an end as Potter was enjoying his highlight moment against Borussia Dortmund.

There may not even be a permanent successor to the Englishman until the end of the season. Other than the Champions League, there is really nothing left to play for in this campaign.