EXCL: Graham Potter under 'enormous' pressure - Chelsea stance, Plan B options, Leadership Issues, Stadium Rebuild and Multi Club Plans

The Ben Jacobs Chelsea column

Graham Potter is under enormous pressure following the 2-0 loss to Spurs. Chelsea’s owners genuinely want to do everything possible to back him, and in the immediate aftermath of the defeat on Sunday the board’s position hadn’t changed – they wanted to give Potter as much time as humanly possible.

But football is results-driven business and Potter has lost three-straight matches without scoring and has managed just two wins in 15 games with the fewest number of Premier League goals scored since November. Chelsea have only managed four goals in 2023 and six since the World Cup ended. Marcus Rashford alone has netted 16 during this period. And, mostly damningly, Chelsea are 14-points off the top four. They are closer to the bottom three than Champions League football.