Graham Potter has outlined his role as the new head coach at Chelsea, as well as his main ambitions for the future.
After just over three seasons at fellow Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion, the 47-year-old made the switch from the south coast to west London to become the new boss at the Blues.
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He has replaced Thomas Tuchel, who was dismissed from the role last week.
The news came the morning after their Champions League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb, their third loss of the season after just seven games across all competitions.
Potter is now preparing for his first game in charge at his new club, a clash against FC Salzburg at Stamford Bridge.
Speaking to the media for the first time since he took the job via football.london, he commented on his role as the head coach at Chelsea.
"Predominantly, I've always thought that I'm a head coach,” said Potter.
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"My job is to help the football club, and I've always taken that approach. I was lucky that I had an opportunity in Sweden to build a football club.
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"What I got from that is that the club is always the most important thing. We are just here to serve the club and do our best, and they take the directive, and we try to help as best as we can.
"Kyle (Macauley) is one of my members of staff, he's been with me for ten years.
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“He is really important in terms of recruitment, so a lot of the conversations that I think you need in terms of between ownership and the board can be had via him because he knows me well, and he knows how we want to play, he knows the culture, he knows the environment and as you'd imagine those conversations often are time-consuming, so he's really, really important for me.
"That's not to say that I don't try to help the club in terms of making decisions around transfers, but my main job is to help the guys that are here, help the players that are here and help them improve and put a team on the pitch that our supporters are proud of."
Chelsea have won just three games so far this season.
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They currently sit sixth in the Premier League table, two places below Potter’s former side Brighton.
He also spoke on what he would perceive to be a successful season: "Well, all my thoughts are on tomorrow night, so that's the first thing!
"We need to compete here. That's how it is. We have to compete, and as I said earlier, I have respect for the Premier League for the Champions League for the competitions we are in, but we're Chelsea.
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"There are no guarantees.
"Resources alone aren't enough, as we know. It's about connecting with our supporters, about them recognising their team and what we're trying to do, working every day at Cobham, getting that understanding of how we want to play football, but success is to see improvement and be competing to win."
Topics: Chelsea, Graham Potter, Champions League, Red Bull Salzburg
Robert Calcutt