Potter: Chelsea is probably the hardest job in football

Graham Potter believes he has the hardest job in football as Chelsea labour to get to grips with their "new chapter" since Todd Boehly bought the club.

The team have struggled in the wake of being sold by Roman Abramovich, who brought unprecedented success during his nearly two decades in control, with a huge transfer outlay sanctioned by Boehly during the last six months yet to pay off.

Chelsea are 10th in the Premier League despite having spent nearly £350m (€395m) since the American took control, with supporters singing the name of Abramovich and former head coach Thomas Tuchel during Sunday's 4-0 defeat at Manchester City in the FA Cup third round.

"I think this club was run in a certain way for 20 years, and really well," Potter said. "I have the utmost respect for the previous ownership and what they achieved and what they did. It's fantastic.

"But, unfortunately, they're not here anymore. You've lost all that leadership. It's a new ownership, everything's changed pretty quickly. If you look what's happened in the last six to 12 months, it's an incredible amount that's happened. Sometimes that can manifest itself in different ways.

"It would be disrespectful to say 'well, that's gone and we'll just pick it up'. We've got new staff, new structures, new people. Lots of things went and you have to try to build it up again. But, in the meantime, you've still got Chelsea, you've still got the demands and the expectations.

"I think it is probably the hardest job in football because of that leadership change and the expectations because of, rightly, where people see Chelsea.

"The reality of where the club is in terms of establishing itself as a well-run football club, functioning well in a really competitive environment, maybe