Simon Jordan stunned by who could replace Erik Ten Hag at Manchester United

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Reports suggesting that Graham Potter could replace Erik ten Hag at Premier League giants Manchester United have left Simon Jordan baffled.

Now, we always knew this day was coming. The day when reports linking the former Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion boss with Erik ten Hag’s job ramped up.

It is no secret, after all, that Sir Jim Ratcliffe is a big Graham Potter fan, the INEOS chief trying and failing to lure him across the Channel to Nice in the recent past. And as the pressure grows on Ten Hag – exiting the Champions League while suffering more defeats than they’ve claimed wins in 2023/24 – you didn’t need the ability to see the future to realise that speculation suggesting that Potter could be on the way to Manchester United was nothing short of inevitable.

And it arrived, via The Sun, on Wednesday.

Manchester United linked with former Chelsea manager

Ratcliffe has reportedly met with Potter already, and views the Solihull-born 48-year-old as his number one choice to replace Ten Hag once he takes over the football operations at Old Trafford.

For Simon Jordan, however, United do not need to cast their minds back too far to realise that this might not be the best idea.

“To put Graham Potter in the conversation is stretching it a little bit, or it should be. Maybe he’s got a busy agent!,” the former Crystal Palace chairman tells talkSPORT (14 December, 12pm).

“He couldn’t cope with Chelsaa. You think he can cope with Man United? That problem? That tiger by the tail? It is still a beast of a football club, and the step up from Brighton to Chelsea was too much for him. It was the wrong decision (to go there).

“Yes, you can point to the problems the ownership model brings. But he still should have been able to produce a side of some significance.”

Erik ten Hag out, Graham Potter in?

Potter lasted just seven months in charge of Stamford Bridge, winning 12 of his 31 games. He would likely inherit a rather similar situation at Man United too. A poorly-constructed squad, major distractions off the field, and huge expectations.

“I think that, if you got Potter in and he was given a platform to build from, yeah fine. But that is not Man United, is it?,” Jordan adds.

“If the owners of Man United think that putting Graham Potter in the hotseat would be a good thought process, they should sleep on it. And if they still think so, they should go back to bed!”