Graham Potter has admitted being concerned in “conversations” after being rumoured to be a possible candidate to switch Erik ten Hag at Manchester United because the summer season.
After holding his job off the again of final season’s FA Cup win, Ten Heg has come underneath renewed scrutiny following a poor begin to the brand new 2024/25 marketing campaign. United have recorded simply two wins from stated video games – with their newest defeat to Tottenham Hotspur elevating contemporary questions as as to whether he’s the best man to hold the underperforming membership ahead.
Having been out of labor since being sacked by Chelsea 18 months in the past, Potter’s identify is one which has usually been linked with United ought to Ten Hag get the boot.
He was rumoured to be one of many many candidates United spoke to when deciding the place to go along with Ten Hag’s future, though Potter has now claimed that loads of hypothesis is “unfaithful”.
“I believe what I’ve learn to date within the media, loads of it’s unfaithful and false,” he stated throughout Sky Sports activities Monday Evening Soccer. “I believe I’m the one coach in world soccer that has been linked with Stoke Metropolis and Napoli in the identical week, so I take what the media says with a pinch of salt.
“I’ve had a lot of conversations with a lot of folks and I believe, for the respect of everyone, it is best that I maintain these non-public.”
Potter was additionally requested to share his views on the at the moment vacant England job, after being named as one of many potential choices to switch Gareth Southgate after he selected to resign this previous summer season.
“I believe Gareth did a improbable job and I am positive [interim] Lee [Carsley] will in his time so long as that’s, I am positive he’ll do rather well,” the previous Brighton & Hove Albion boss continued.
“I believe I am open to something, to be trustworthy. I am open to all the things. I had 12 years on a improbable journey from the fourth tier of Swedish soccer to the final eight of the Champions League, and I would actually wish to spend the subsequent 12 years in the identical type of place, creating gamers and groups, working with folks and making an attempt to make a distinction.
“That is the goal. Wherever that’s, I am open to something.”
Ten Hag is predicted to stay accountable for United for now, however might want to see a swift enchancment in outcomes and performances if he’s to get long-term safety at Outdated Trafford.
