The Stamford Bridge club splashed out more than £300 million
($362 million) on new signings during the January transfer window and Potter is
expected to produce an upturn in results.
Chelsea have won just one of their past seven games in all
competitions and are 10 points adrift of the Premier League's top four, leading
to intense speculation over Potter's future.
"There'll be lots of talk around pressure and
time," he said on Friday. "If I'd had a month for every time I've
been asked the question, I'd be here for about 10 years. That's just the nature
of it.
"I'm not stupid. If the results aren't what this club
should get, and I'm the reason for it, then that's the job. In the meantime, I
go through the process of working with the players, helping them improve,
helping them come together.
"It's a complicated situation at the moment. But I'm
really excited for it, really looking forward to the challenge that awaits us.
I don't worry too much about the absolute timescale of it all."
The former Brighton boss, whose side travel to West Ham on
Saturday, reportedly held talks with chairman Todd Boehly this week and
stressed he has a good relationship with the American, whose consortium bought
Chelsea last year.
Chelsea resume their Champions League campaign next week
with a last-16 first-leg tie at Borussia Dortmund.
Misfiring Gabon forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will be
absent from the trip after Potter left him off Chelsea's list of eligible
players for the knockout stages.
Despite reports the 33-year-old could be allowed to join Los
Angeles FC on loan, Potter said he is happy with Aubameyang, who flew to Milan
after being left out of the Chelsea squad to face Fulham last Friday.
"Nothing to report (on Aubameyang's future),"
Potter said. "He's been training with us this week, training really well.
Conducting himself well, really good professional, supporting his team-mates.
"Whilst he's here he's doing exactly what I expect him
to do, which is to train well and to act well."
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