Chelsea boss Potter reveals death threats from supporters

Graham Potter has revealed both he and his family have received death threats from Chelsea supporters frustrated at the team's disappointing form.

The Blues have won just two of their last 14 matches across all competitions and were booed off after last weekend's 1-0 home defeat to manager-less Southampton, a result which prompted some fans to call for Potter to be sacked.

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Sources have told ESPN that the Chelsea hierarchy remain supportive of Potter, who was appointed in September, but are mindful of growing fan unrest with his team lying tenth in the Premier League.

Ahead of a tricky run of games beginning with Sunday's trip to Tottenham, Potter opened up on the mental health challenges managers face amid wider societal problems in the United Kingdom including high energy prices and frequent workers' strikes.

«I spoke with [West Ham boss] David Moyes about it,» said Potter. «There's a point to it to be considered but I think you need to be very careful.

»The world is tough for everybody. We're going through an energy crisis, a cost of living crisis. People are striking every other week.

«Things are difficult so nobody wants to hear about the poor old Premier league manager. Nevertheless if you ask me a question about 'is it hard, is it tough, is it nice to hear,' as much as I've had support, I've had some not particularly nice emails come through that want me to die and want my kids to die.

»So that's obviously not pleasant to receive. But if you've asked about it for four months, if you're under pressure, for four months 'I'm under pressure, I'm under pressure', I'm under pressure because you guys [the media] need to sell stuff, what do you expect in the end?

«And if