- Graham Potter has been out of work since his sacking by Chelsea in April 2023.
- The former Brighton boss held talks with the struggling Dutch club earlier this month.
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Graham Potter could be in Amsterdam tomorrow to finalize his return to Ajax management, following talks with the Eredivisie club, according to reports.
Mail Sport reported that the former Chelsea and Brighton manager had held talks with the struggling Dutch giants earlier this month, although at the time he was believed to be keeping his options open.
The 48-year-old has been out of work since his sacking at Stamford Bridge last April following a poor run of form in a campaign that ended with the Blues languishing in 12th place in the Premier League.
After lasting just seven months on a five-year contract, it was understood that Potter was looking for the right club with a clear strategy and was happy to be patient until the right one emerged.
According ESPN Netherlands, is one step closer to that reality. They report that Potter and Ajax are in “very serious stages” and that he could travel to Amsterdam on Wednesday or Thursday.
Graham Potter is reportedly getting closer to returning to management following his sacking by Chelsea last April.
Ajax bounced back from their horror show against Feyenoord by beating Twente earlier this month.
Ajax made their approach earlier this year and other high-profile clubs have also spoken to the manager as they consider changes to their leadership this summer.
The four-time European Cup winners, who added former Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson to their ranks this season, bounced back from a humiliating 6-0 defeat to Feyenoord by beating Twente last Sunday.
The result allowed them to climb to fifth place in the Eredivisie, although they are 33 points behind the leader PSV and seven points from the European classification.
Ajax’s season of chaos continued after the club suspended its new chief executive, Alex Kroes, following “indications that he was involved in insider trading”.
Kroes was signed by the Dutch side last summer but was only able to begin his duties in Amsterdam last month due to contractual complications with former club AZ Alkmaar.
The nightmare campaign has seen them sack Maurice Steijn as coach after a disastrous run of results in October that left them in the Eredivisie relegation zone with just five points, their worst run since 1954.
There has been fan fury and also protests with a match against Feyenoord suspended in September after flares and fireworks were thrown onto the pitch with the team trailing 3-0. Just hours later, Chief Pier Eringa resigned after six months on the job.
Just days earlier, director of football Sven Mislintat was sacked after just 129 days in the job following some poor signings last summer.
Ajax fans have been rampaging this season, launching flares and missiles onto the pitch, and their match against Feyenoord in September was called off.
John van t Schip takes temporary charge of the club that currently occupies fifth position in the standings
Ajax was also eliminated from the Dutch Cup by USV Hercules, an amateur team with students on its team, in one of the most incredible results in the country’s football history.
In a bid to steady the ship, the club announced that former manager Louis van Gaal would return to the club as an advisor in October, despite his recent revelations that he was suffering from prostate cancer.