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Premier League club have finally confirmed the sacking of manager and appointed Ex Chelsea FLOP Manager Graham Potter as his replacement!

Graham Potter, who was fired as Chelsea’s head coach eight months ago, is ready to return to management, according to 90min, amid reports linking him to Manchester United.

Last September, he signed a five-year contract to replace Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge, but he was fired in April after winning only 12 games in all competitions out of a possible 31.

Potter’s departure was confirmed following a 2-0 home defeat to Aston Villa, who have improved dramatically under the tutelage of Europa League specialist Unai Emery.

Potter is understood to have turned down opportunities to take over at Lyon and Leicester since leaving Chelsea, with links to Championship strugglers Stoke City being exaggerated, but is now ready to return to management in 2024.

According to reports, Potter is in the running to replace Erik ten Hag as manager of Manchester United, who are in turmoil following a poor start to the season. United were eliminated from the Champions League after losing to Bayern Munich on Tuesday, their 12th defeat in all competitions, and their performance in Group A was the club’s worst since the league was reformed in 1992.

United do not have the option of sliding into the Europa League after finishing last in a group that included Galatasaray and FC Copenhagen, and they currently sit sixth in the Premier League table after losing seven of their first 16 games.

The demoralising 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth at Old Trafford last weekend has added fuel to the fire for Ten Hag, who has already had to deal with allegations of turmoil in the dressing room, and uncertainty over the future of key players.

Many bookmakers had Potter as the favourite to follow Ten Hag at Old Trafford, and he appears to have supporters within INEOS, the corporation chaired by Sir Jim Ratcliffe that is on the verge of purchasing a 25% interest in United.

Prior to Francesco Farioli’s appointment as CEO of OGC Nice, which is jointly owned by INEOS and Ratcliffe, Potter was one of the candidates.

90min believes that elements of United’s potential new management like Potter’s work, but no big changes are planned in Manchester until a new football department is founded.

Results will ultimately determine whether United alter their minds about Ten Hag, but he has been backed to turn around the club’s fortunes after years of underachievement. Off-field troubles have dogged United, with their recent involvement in the transfer market a particular point of discontent for many fans, albeit there were signs of on-field improvement last year when the club ended a six-year trophy drought by winning the Carabao Cup.

Potter’s resume, meanwhile, includes a three-and-a-half year spell at Brighton, which laid the groundwork for the club’s upward trajectory, as well as spells at Swansea City and Ostersund, whom he led from Sweden’s fourth tier to competing in the 2017/18 Europa League, famously defeating Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium along the way.

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