Chelsea legend Frank Leboeuf has explained why he wouldn’t sack under-fire Chelsea manager Graham Potter.

Leboeuf said as quoted by Metro: “Overall, I am behind him. We all knew when he signed what we could expect from him and he needs to be able to build the team and the new spirit of the club.

“It would have been crazy to think he is going to change everything in a second. It’s not possible and it doesn’t work like that.

“He’s not the guy who comes like Mourinho or maybe Tuchel, and is not going to change the spirit of the team just like that. He’s going to have to prove to the players what he wants.

“I’m behind him because I know it will take some time, but he has to be clear with what he wants to do, and the board has to be clear.

“I was expecting someone from the club to talk and say ‘OK, that’s what we want to do, give us some time we are going to go through bad times, yes we are Chelsea and we know your expectations, but that’s what it is after a year of not doing well, we have to recreate something, an atmosphere in the dressing room, a way to play, more vertical way of playing, but at a Chelsea level.’

“And everybody would have understood that, but the message wasn’t clear and the performances have been horrendous.”