"The hardest job in football is managing Chelsea," Graham Potter says

The manager of Chelsea, Graham Potter, has called it "the hardest job in football."

Chelsea football club haven't been convincing so far this term in the ongoing Premier League season. 

Potter's team had a strong start at the club, going nine games without a loss, but they were ousted from both domestic cup competitions and dropped to tenth place in the Premier League standings.

Potter mentioned these factors in his remarks prior to Thursday's quick trip to Fulham, neighbors in west London, as reasons for making the Chelsea task much harder.

Regarding Roman Abramovich's sanctions which forced the club to change ownership, Potter said: "Change is a challenge in any organisation. Listen, I am sure that the changes happened because of events outside of this and us. It’s not like there’s been a coup.

"This is what it is. We have to deal with the new and we have to build things up again because things have changed, things have gone and left. That’s part of the challenge to come and I understood that things would be difficult from a leadership perspective.

"It is a challenge, stimulating and ridiculously hard. I think it is probably the hardest job in football because of that leadership change and the expectation - because rightly where people see Chelsea.

"I obviously didn’t think we’d lose 10 first-team players but that’s where we are at. All I can do is speak to you guys honestly, give my perspective and understand the criticism if you lose.