Looked over by West Ham it seems, so if he wants the PL, I'm not sure where he thinks he's going.
Graham Potter | turns down Ajax job
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Seems like something Utd recruitment would take advantage of
Would not be surprised if something happens at Brighton this summer.
Wow. Its mad that grand old names of European football like Ajax and Bayern are taking so many rejections and struggling to find a new head coach.
Funny how greed gets the better of some people. As if what he was being offered isn’t enough anyway. There millionaires. Any normal person would jump at 3x less.
His contract was still worth around £50m at the time of his dismissal. They came to an agreement where Chelsea wouldn't put all of that, but instead a 'significant sum.' So we don't know how much, but it's a lot and he may well have gotten it all upfront.
I bet he's waiting for the England job to open up this summer
Yep, football is all about greed nowadays.
One million per month for 5 years. He doesn't have to ever work again.
Total 60 million. If you put 60 million on US stock market, and you take out 4% per year, this means 2.4 per year, or 200k per month. Forever.
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Bloody hope not ….don’t want Southgate hovering around Old Trafford
Yeah, Southgate, the guy who got Middlesbrough relegated, and kept them relegated. What can go wrong?
Using this logic it's possible he could also get us relegated which wouldn't be cool
Greedy? More likely he's so well off he can sit back and take his time finding the job that he feels is 100% right for him. Career wise he can't afford to get this one wrong after the Chelsea spell.
It’s still Potter rather than Southgate x 100. If Ineos go for Southgate (god help us) and it was instead of Potter, then I truly give up
I would be surprised if they can pay him a quarter of that.
Lower end PL managers are on 3-4m a year at best, and the poorest team probably have similar budget to Ajax (their revenue is in the ~€200m range, PL TV money alone is £91.7m guaranteed).
There’s also the fact that they aren’t in the CL and their board and club have been in turmoil the last couple of years. Not a lot of upsides going there now, I wouldn’t chalk it all down to the bag.
Focus is rightly on Potter but as someone who grew up on Scottish football I still chuckle at ex-Clyde and Hamilton manager Billy Reid being his assistant, especially at Chelsea. Maybe he's the real key to Potter's success. 
He’s holding out for the England job once we hire Southgate.
I don't really blame Potter for not fancying Ajax. Yes they are a big name but they have fallen from grace quite spectacularly in recent years.
They are looking for their 5th manager since Ten Hag left, they have been through the Overmars scandal and then his replacement Mislintat was a disaster, Van der Sar stepped down as CEO, they have a fairly poor squad and are currently 5th with the prospect of no European football next season.
So they aren't exactly an attractive proposition at the moment and to be honest Potter will more than likely be offered a better job.
They are looking for their 5th manager since Ten Hag left, they have been through the Overmars scandal and then his replacement Mislintat was a disaster, Van der Sar stepped down as CEO, they have a fairly poor squad and are currently 5th with the prospect of no European football next season.
So they aren't exactly an attractive proposition at the moment and to be honest Potter will more than likely be offered a better job.