Chelsea sacked Graham Potter on Sunday night following Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa and The Telegraph has now revealed how the players reacted to Potter’s dismissal.

The report on The Telegraph states: “Chelsea have sacked Graham Potter after just six months in charge in a move that stunned the club’s players, many of whom first heard of it through the club’s public statement on Sunday night.

“Stunned and worried players contacted their representatives on Sunday night, having only found out about Potter’s departure through the official statement that was released at around 8pm.

“The players who had been part of the defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday were put through a recovery session on Sunday and those who had not been involved trained as normal.

“But the majority of the squad were not given any prior notice of what was to come before returning to their homes and found out via social media and the statement being forwarded around the players.”