Graham Potter only arrived as Chelsea head coach in September (Picture: Getty)
Graham Potter has sent a message to the Chelsea fans who want to see him sacked as head coach.
Potter only arrived as boss in September after owner Todd Boehly – who took over from Roman Abramovich in the summer – dismissed Thomas Tuchel.
The Blues lost 1-0 at home to Manchester City on Thursday night, a result which keeps them 10th in the Premier League table, 10 points off the top four.
It has been a period of transition for the west London club – who spent around £280m on new players ahead of the 2022-23 campaign – but they have been in horrendous form recently, with the pressure on Potter now mounting.
Former Blues striker Chris Sutton has suggested Boehly may decide to sack Potter if results do not improve, with Chelsea due to face City again on Sunday in the FA Cup third round.
But Potter has now hit back at his critics as he said: ‘The owners are billionaires so they’re quite smart.
‘Smarter than me, that’s for sure. So they understand the challenges that we have and the direction we want to go in.
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‘I’ve been here four months and five, six weeks of that have been lost to international football.
‘I think Pep (Guardiola) was (at Manchester City) a year before they’d won anything, and then obviously Mikel (Arteta) and Jurgen (Klopp) took a bit of time.
‘But obviously it’s maybe different for me, for some reason. But I don’t put a timescale on it. I know the responsibility we have here.
‘But also I know that I am capable, and I know the quality that I have and I have the full support of certainly the owners, the players and the staff here.
‘And you can see by the support we had (against City), it was fantastic, so there will always be people that doubt.
‘There’s nothing you can do, but certainly I’m not here to convince anybody. I’m here to do my I work and then if that convinces then that’s fine.’
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‘I’m not here to convince anybody!’
