Potter takes his first Chelsea training session despite the weekend's EPL hiatus

Graham Potter led his first training session as Chelsea boss on Friday, despite the weekend's Premier League postponements.

Chelsea, who had been due to visit Fulham on Saturday before football fixtures at all levels across the UK were postponed as a mark of respect to Her Majesty The Queen, are currently understood to be preparing as normal for Wednesday's Champions League clash against RB Salzburg at Stamford Bridge.

Potter was confirmed as Chelsea's first managerial appointment under new owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali on Thursday.

The 47-year-old spent Thursday afternoon at Chelsea's Cobham training base, meeting club staff.

Co-controlling owners Boehly and Eghbali addressed Chelsea staff, along with Potter on Thursday, as the Blues' new era took another big step forward.

Potter met his Chelsea squad for the first time on Friday morning, before getting down to work on the training field.

Chelsea chairman Boehly regards Potter in similar mould to Andrew Friedman, the baseball boss his LA Dodgers headhunted to lead the California franchise.

Boehly and his fellow Dodgers owners saw Friedman as effectively learning all the tricks of an entrepreneurial trade in his overachieving stint at Tampa Bay Rays.