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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
David Hytner

Graham Potter claims managing Chelsea is ‘hardest job in football’

Graham Potter at a press conference
‘I am not after pity,’ Graham Potter said before Chelsea’s game at Fulham on Thursday. ‘I am really grateful and privileged to be here.’ Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC/Getty Images

Graham Potter believes he has the hardest job in football at Chelsea owing to a combination of factors and compounded by an injury crisis.

The manager, who needs a positive result at Fulham on Thursday night after a run of one win in eight in the Premier League and exits from both domestic cups, talked about how expectation levels have remained high despite radical change across all areas of the club.

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