Below-fire boss has been warned that he may lose his job on the finish of the season if there are not any enhancements in outcomes, as Blues co-owner Todd Boehly may hearth his second head coach since taking cost at Stamford Bridge in Could. Chelsea are at the moment sat in ninth place within the and have gained only one recreation in 2023.
Boehly and co have dedicated to Potter within the long-term and backed the ex- boss financially in January by breaking the British switch report with the £107million signing of Enzo Fernandez from Benfica, as a part of a complete spend of over £300m as Mykhaylo Mudryk, Joao Felix, Noni Madueke, Benoit Badiashile, Andrey Santos and David Datro Fofana moved to west London.
Chelsea have struggled to get wins on the board and even rating in current weeks, as they've netted greater than as soon as in a recreation on the only real event because the break and former striker Gabby Agbonlahor has claimed that if Potter can't get Chelsea larger up the desk and attain the latter levels of the , he will probably be sacked by Boehly.
“I wouldn’t change it but,” Agbonlahor informed . “I feel Potter has half a season to avoid wasting his job. I can’t see them altering it till then. But when Potter can’t put collectively some wins and get them up the desk, and get to the latter levels of the Champions League – they’ll get somebody new in the summertime.
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“Todd Boehly hasn’t spent all this cash to attract 0-0 with . He’ll need attacking, thrilling soccer – loads of targets. If Potter can’t present that within the subsequent three months, then he’ll be out of a job.”
Chelsea’s chiefs have reiterated their stance that Potter will stay in cost even when they fail to make subsequent season’s Champions League as they're at the moment ten factors off fourth-placed . Nonetheless, Potter has admitted that he would perceive if he was not stored on at Stamford Bridge if he was unable to show their fortunes round.
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“There are at all times questions in the event you don’t get outcomes,” mentioned Potter final month. “I used to be underneath stress after two defeats earlier than the [World Cup] break, that’s from the media. When it comes to the board, I’ve had full assist.
"They've been very reassuring. However I’m not naive and if anybody I work for thinks the issue lies with me they've each proper to say: ‘Thanks very a lot but it surely’s not working’ and I settle for that.”
Potter signed a five-year contract in September after was axed, as Chelsea paid Brighton a world-record £22m in compensation for the 47-year-old however could possibly be risking an enormous monetary mistake in the event that they sack Potter whereas former and Spain boss Luis Enrique has been linked with the job if he's axed.