Graham Potter: Chelsea boss says his family have received anonymous death threats

Chelsea person won 9 of their 25 games nether Potter

Warning: This nonfiction references issues readers whitethorn find upsetting

The Blues person won conscionable 2 of their past 14 games successful each competitions and mislaid to Premier League strugglers Southampton connected Saturday.

Chelsea accidental they are offering their afloat enactment to Potter and his family.

"I've had immoderate not peculiarly bully emails travel through, that privation maine to die," Potter said.

"That's evidently not pleasant to receive."

The erstwhile Brighton brag said the anonymous emails had besides referenced threats against his children.

Under Potter, who was appointed successful September pursuing the sacking of Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea person won conscionable 9 of their 25 games.

"You could inquire my household however beingness has been for maine and for them. It's been not pleasant astatine all," Potter added.

"If you spell to enactment and somebody's swearing maltreatment astatine you, it's not going to beryllium pleasant.

"You tin reply it 2 ways. I could accidental I don't care, but you cognize I'm lying. Everyone cares what radical think, due to the fact that we're hardwired to beryllium socially connected."

Chelsea accidental they are offering Potter and his household immoderate enactment they request but that it is simply a idiosyncratic matter.

The Blues are presently 10th successful the league, 11 points disconnected the Champions League places.

Speaking earlier Sunday's Premier League crippled against Tottenham, Potter said: "With the results arsenic they are, you judge criticism.

"That's not to accidental it's casual astatine all. Your household beingness suffers, your intelligence wellness suffers, your property - it is hard."

Potter acknowledged that fans were "entitled to beryllium angry" with caller results, but helium said helium would not beryllium undone by the abuse.

"Life is pugnacious for tons of people," helium said.

"You inquire maine is it hard, I accidental yes it is hard. You suffer. You get upset. When you're successful private, you amusement existent emotion with your family.

"But the satellite is tough. We're going done an vigor crisis, a outgo of surviving crisis. People are striking each different week. No 1 wants to perceive astir the mediocre aged Premier League manager."

Spurs adjunct manager Cristian Stellini, who remains successful complaint connected Sunday arsenic brag Antonio Conte continues to retrieve from gallbladder surgery, believes Potter is simply a "great manager".

"I studied Potter since I arrived present due to the fact that helium was a manager that was astatine Brighton past play and I followed Brighton a lot," Stellini said.

"It amazed maine the mode they play, the mode they changed strategy galore times and the mode they were bully to situation with Potter."

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