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The club's record goal-scorer previously spent 19 months as manager at Stamford Bridge before being dismissed in January, 2021.
Potter is the 12th manager to be sacked in the Premier League this season with the announcement coming hours after relegation-threatened Leicester City parted ways with Brendan Rodgers by mutual agreement.
Manchester City's Pep Guardiola will face his former club Bayern Munich after they were drawn together.
Chelsea reached the Champions League quarter-finals as a first-half goal from Raheem Sterling and a controversial penalty by Kai Havertz overturned a first-leg deficit on Tuesday.
The 31-year-old had been missing since the February 6 earthquake.
Big-spending Chelsea's inefficiency in front of goal has been an issue for the Premier League club this season and they have registered only one win in 2023.
According to media reports, Chelsea will pay the fee in several instalments.
The match ended goalless after Kai Havertz' early strike was flagged offside by VAR.
In other matches of the day, Chelsea earned their first win of 2023 with a 1-0 victory over lively Crystal Palace, and Alexander Isak came off the bench to earn Newcastle United a last-gasp 1-0 win over Fulham.
The England right-back lasted only 53 minutes on his return from the knee injury that ruled him out of the World Cup in Qatar.
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