Graham Potter is coming back to manage the most surprising Premier League club

The Premier League club wants Graham Potter to take over as manager next season.

Crystal Palace want Graham Potter to take over as manager next season, as Roy Hodgson’s brief tenure at the club comes to an end.

The 75-year-old was brought in to assist steer the Eagles to Premier League safety after a poor run of form under his predecessor, Patrick Vieira, had left them in trouble. The former Arsenal great was fired in March, and Palace hoped to find a new permanent manager in the summer.

Potter has been out of job since being fired by Chelsea in early April, but his stock hasn’t suffered too much as a result of the turmoil at the West London club.

The former Brighton manager was given far too many players at the Blues, and it is unclear how many of them he genuinely wanted. The work Frank Lampard has done subsequently demonstrates how difficult it is to be at Chelsea, and Potter surely deserves a second opportunity in England’s top flight, with Crystal Palace being an excellent project to get back into the game.