Thomas Tuchel’s dismissal with the arrival of Graham Potter as the new Chelsea manager represents a major change in Bruno Saltor’s football career. The coach of the Móra d’Ebre will be part of the technical team of the London club, which with the signing of Potter has undergone a significant change in its organization chart. With Potter, along with Bruno, also joined Billy Reid, Bjorn Hambert, the coach of goalkeepers Bernd Roberts and Kile Macaulay, who will carry out scouting duties.
Bruno Saltor has become a true symbol of Brighton after spending seven years in the first team and playing 225 competitive matches. After retiring in 2019, he remained as a coach at the entity and until recently was one of Graham Potter’s assistants on the Seagulls’ first home team.
In this way there will also be the Spanish representation in the Chelsea coaching staff, a team that has three national team players: Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta and Marc Cucurella, also recently arrived from Brighton.
Bruno joined the South Coast club in 2012 and was instrumental in their promotion to the Premier League in 2017, forming a close bond with fans over nearly a decade of service.
Bruno Saltor played for Espanyol B, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Lleida and Almería, and with almost 32 years and a few minutes in Valencia, he was heading towards the end of his career, which was revitalized with his signing for Brighton de Championship – English second division -, in the summer of 2012. After retiring, he immediately moved from the field to the bench, recommended by Graham Potter as assistant to the English coach. And he was so essential to the new Chelsea manager that he was even hired as an assistant.
In his farewell letter, he showed gratitude and affection to Brighton and its fans: “I am heartbroken, probably like some of you, and the same feeling as when I left home at 14, what the players gave me. have gifted, club and training ground staff, fans and community is unforgettable, thank you very much. At the same time, he recalled the good times, «what these 10 years have shown me is that football lasts more than 90 minutes. Of all the unimportant things, football is the most important. I have given my heart and soul to this club and I would like to think that I have helped to leave Brighton & Hove Albion in a better place than when I arrived. “
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