Chelsea manager, Graham Potter said he felt like he was “fixing the plane while it’s up in the air” as he opened up on struggling to come to terms with the deaths of his parents while at Brighton. The 47-year-old returns to Brighton later on Saturday hoping to maintain his unbeaten record since replacing Thomas …
Chelsea manager, Graham Potter said he felt like he was “fixing the plane while it’s up in the air” as he opened up on struggling to come to terms with the deaths of his parents while at Brighton.
His mother Val died in July 2019 – he had been appointed Brighton manager in May that year – and his father Steve passed away in January 2020. “So that was the first six months of life in the Premier League and I think the quote is ‘You’re fixing the plane while it’s up in the air’.” “Then one’s gone and it is on to the next. It was Steven Gerrard a few weeks ago and then it will be somebody else and then somebody else.”
“It is difficult in the world that we are living in to feel sorry for a Premier League manager, get me right, but mental health doesn’t really discriminate with your status or how much money you earn either.”
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