Graham Potter was fired by Chelsea in April after only seven months in charge, and the former Brighton manager has now turned down a chance to return to management in France.
Graham Potter has turned down the opportunity to return to management with French club Lyon, five months after leaving Chelsea.
Potter was fired by Chelsea in April after only seven months in command, his ill-fated tenure at Stamford Bridge coming after a highly successful three-year term at Brighton. The 48-year-old has been unemployed since leaving Chelsea and has been approached by Lyon’s American owner John Textor about taking over the Ligue 1 club.
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Laurent Blanc, Lyon’s current manager, is under enormous pressure, with the club sitting bottom of the league with only one point from their first four games, and he is expected to be fired following their 4-1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain last weekend.
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And the former Manchester United defender has stated that Lyon must fire him if they want to improve their results. Blanc was asked what the club might do to improve its fortunes after another 4-1 loss to Montpellier in Lyon’s first home game of the season, and he simply said, “Change the manager.”
Blanc’s dismissal appears to be on the horizon, with the Daily Mail stating that Potter has been offered the opportunity to replace him. According to the source, Potter ‘politely rebuffed’ the offer because he ‘does not feel it is the right moment to return to management’.
It goes on to say that he was ‘intrigued by the prospect of coaching abroad again’ after enjoying great success with Swedish club Ostersunds, where he led them to three promotions and a stunning Europa League victory over Arsenal. However, the 48-year-old is claimed to be ‘waiting for the appropriate assignment,’ and Lyon will now have to go elsewhere, with Reims manager Will Still a possible replacement.
Following Lyon’s defeat to PSG, the ‘Bad Gones’ ultras assaulted the players.After the game, the players stood in front of the main stand as one of the group’s leaders gave them a dressing down.
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