Chelsea supervisor Graham Potter and his household have obtained nameless dying threats following the Premier League membership’s poor run of outcomes, he informed reporters on Friday.
Chelsea are tenth within the desk with two wins of their final 14 video games and have solely scored as soon as at dwelling this yr.
“As a lot as I’ve had help, I’ve had some not very good emails which have come via that need me to die and need my youngsters to die, so clearly that is not nice to obtain,” mentioned the 47-year-old former Brighton & Hove Albion boss.
“The problem for me is, ‘OK, how do I conduct myself?’ That is what I all the time flip spherical to. The upper you go, the extra stress you’ve got on how you might be as an individual.”
Since Potter took the job in September after the sacking of Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea have received 9 of their 25 video games.
“I wish to succeed right here. There may be this nonsense that I do not care. The place does that come from? The place’s your proof on that?,” he added, forward of Sunday’s journey to Tottenham Hotspur.
“In case you go to work and any person’s swearing abuse at you, it isn’t going to be nice.
“You possibly can reply it two methods. I may say I do not care, however you already know I am mendacity. Everybody cares what folks suppose, as a result of we’re hardwired to be socially linked.”
Potter mentioned life had been troublesome over the previous few months as he tried to vogue a successful crew, with Chelsea 11 factors adrift of fourth-placed Spurs albeit with a sport in hand.
“Ask my household how life has been for me and for them. It has been not nice in any respect,” he added.
“I perceive supporters go dwelling and so they’re irritated as a result of the crew aren’t successful however, I guarantee you, my life for the final three, 4 months has been pretty common, aside from the very fact I am actually grateful for this expertise.”
Relating to the dying threats in the direction of his household, Potter mentioned a line had been crossed.
“You simply need to put it apart, and fortunately it is an remoted incident and it may come from anyplace. It is simply a kind of issues,” Potter informed Sky Sports activities.
Requested if it had rocked him, he mentioned: “Probably not. It is only a throwaway line, I feel. I do not give it any extra weight than that.
“It is not nice and it isn’t nice for the household. You settle for the criticism, you settle for to be booed when you lose a sport, you settle for no matter comes your approach completely.
“After all there is a line however I would not be the primary particular person in life the place the road’s been crossed and possibly on this occasion it has been crossed.”