Chelsea 'not considering' Graham Potter sacking as Boehly steps down as sporting director
The Chelsea board are not considering removing Graham Potter as manager despite the 4-0 FA Cup loss to Manchester City as they remain confident he can turn the game around club, according to the PA news agency.
There was vocal disapproval from supporters visiting the Etihad as they lost for the sixth time in nine games in all competitions, with the Blues now ruled out of both cup competitions and trailing by 10 points in the race to qualify for the Champions League. .
Co-owner Todd Boehly stepped down as interim sporting director to be replaced by global talent director Paul Winstanley and technical director Christopher Vivell.
Chelsea have won just once in their last seven domestic matches, with fans chanting the name of former head coach Thomas Tuchel in the loss to City.
But there are currently no plans to sack Potter and seek a third season manager as the board believe nothing has changed and he remains the right person to make the most of the the club's huge summer transfer spend.< /p>
Boehly, who led the £250million spending spree alongside Tuchel, will now hand over to Winstanley, who joined Potter's former club Brighton in November, and Vivell, who arrived of the RB Leipzig recruitment team in December.
Chelsea's difficult season has seen their squad decimated by injury, with 10 first-team players unavailable for Sunday's fixture, including Raheem Sterling and £75m summer signing Wesley Fofana.
Reece James, Ben Chilwell and N'Golo Kante are also long-term absentees.
Graham Potter admitted after the FA Cup loss to Manchester City that his Chelsea side "weren't having a great time".
"The first half was painful and difficult for all of us," said the Chelsea manager. “We were second behind a very, very good team. We're not in for a great moment and even though the first 20 minutes were suspicious, we couldn't attack the baseline well enough, we couldn't attack as well as we would like. Manchester City are very good at stopping you from doing that, but at the same time we struggled.
"In terms of the Premier League, we lost four games - against Newcastle away, when we had nine players unavailable, we lost 1-0 against Arsenal, we lost a bad day against Brighton and we lost to Manchester City. We also attracted Manchester United and Brentford, so the results in a short time are not positive.
"You can make excuses and look for reasons or say it's not good enough. Both of these answers are correct. We need to keep improving and sticking together because clearly we are suffering as a club football and it's not pleasant at all. But that's where we are at the moment."
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The Chelsea board are not considering removing Graham Potter as manager despite the 4-0 FA Cup loss to Manchester City as they remain confident he can turn the game around club, according to the PA news agency.
There was vocal disapproval from supporters visiting the Etihad as they lost for the sixth time in nine games in all competitions, with the Blues now ruled out of both cup competitions and trailing by 10 points in the race to qualify for the Champions League. .
Co-owner Todd Boehly stepped down as interim sporting director to be replaced by global talent director Paul Winstanley and technical director Christopher Vivell.
Chelsea have won just once in their last seven domestic matches, with fans chanting the name of former head coach Thomas Tuchel in the loss to City.
But there are currently no plans to sack Potter and seek a third season manager as the board believe nothing has changed and he remains the right person to make the most of the the club's huge summer transfer spend.< /p>
Boehly, who led the £250million spending spree alongside Tuchel, will now hand over to Winstanley, who joined Potter's former club Brighton in November, and Vivell, who arrived of the RB Leipzig recruitment team in December.
Chelsea's difficult season has seen their squad decimated by injury, with 10 first-team players unavailable for Sunday's fixture, including Raheem Sterling and £75m summer signing Wesley Fofana.
Reece James, Ben Chilwell and N'Golo Kante are also long-term absentees.
Graham Potter admitted after the FA Cup loss to Manchester City that his Chelsea side "weren't having a great time".
"The first half was painful and difficult for all of us," said the Chelsea manager. “We were second behind a very, very good team. We're not in for a great moment and even though the first 20 minutes were suspicious, we couldn't attack the baseline well enough, we couldn't attack as well as we would like. Manchester City are very good at stopping you from doing that, but at the same time we struggled.
"In terms of the Premier League, we lost four games - against Newcastle away, when we had nine players unavailable, we lost 1-0 against Arsenal, we lost a bad day against Brighton and we lost to Manchester City. We also attracted Manchester United and Brentford, so the results in a short time are not positive.
"You can make excuses and look for reasons or say it's not good enough. Both of these answers are correct. We need to keep improving and sticking together because clearly we are suffering as a club football and it's not pleasant at all. But that's where we are at the moment."
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