Premier League: Pochettino ready to deliver from ‘day one’ as new era starts for Chelsea

Mauricio Pochettino admits he has to ship from “day one” as Chelsea’s new supervisor vowed to win the belief of the troubled membership’s demanding house owners.

Pochettino used his first press convention since being employed in May to make it clear he understands the scale of the duty going through him at Stamford Bridge.

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The Argentine arrives in west London to discover a membership in disaster after Chelsea ended final season twelfth within the Premier League – its first bottom-half end since 1996.

Chelsea, which final gained the title in 2017, went by way of 4 managers final season and did not win a trophy regardless of a £550 million ($702 million) spending spree on new gamers.

Pochettino faces a troublesome job to revive the membership to its former glory and the previous Tottenham boss is aware of he has to hit the bottom operating to keep away from coming underneath fireplace.

“In football, there is no patience. It is difficult to wait. If you are at Chelsea it is not about asking for time, you need to deliver from day one,” Pochettino instructed reporters.

“Football is about today or yesterday, you can’t talk long term, you cannot tell the people we need six months. That is not good. We have a squad that can deliver. From day one we need to think about winning.”

The key to Pochettino’s success may lie in his potential to deal with house owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali and the membership’s sporting administrators Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley.

Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter had been each sacked by Chelsea after shedding the house owners’ belief final season, with Bruno Saltor after which Frank Lampard choosing up the items on an interim foundation.

Pochettino reportedly endured a rocky relationship with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy within the last months earlier than his sacking in 2019, whereas the 51-year-old’s spell at Paris Saint-Germain additionally led to his dismissal final 12 months.

‘I trust in the owner’

Adamant that he had no issues with a collaborative relationship along with his employers, Pochettino mentioned, “They were very honest with me. They showed the plan, all the good and not so good things that need to happen. I trust in the owner that they are going to provide the tools to be competitive. I’m not a coach that needs to ask for power. I need to show they can trust me. They need to really believe in my judgement and that is my job. That is the biggest power you can have.”

Handed a bloated squad after 12 months of lavish spending underneath the brand new possession, Pochettino has rapidly rubber-stamped a bunch of exits.

Kalidou Koulibaly, Edouard Mendy, N’Golo Kante, Mason Mount, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Kai Havertz, Cesar Azpilicueta and Mateo Kovacic have all left, with Leipzig ahead Christopher Nkunku and Villarreal striker Nicolas Jackson the one new recruits to this point.

“The most important priority is to finish the squad, to have a very balanced squad. In the plan, the club also wanted to reduce the numbers,” he mentioned.

Pochettino’s affiliation with Chelsea’s London rival Tottenham – the place he spent 5 years and reached the 2019 Champions League last – has led some to recommend he’ll come underneath fireplace from Blues followers if his facet struggles.

But he mentioned he by no means had any doubts about accepting the job and admitted he had some extent to show to Tottenham.

“Always. This is our motivation. We try to prove we are right, that is part of our nature,” he mentioned.

“I’m very proud of my past but now I need to look forward. This is a club that only talks about winning. If you don’t win at a club like Chelsea for sure you are going to struggle.”

In a pointed message to the Chelsea hierarchy, he highlighted the sustained success Pep Guardiola has delivered in a steady atmosphere at treble-winner Manchester City.

“It’s amazing to see how a club works for many years with stability, giving the tools and resources to the coach,” Pochettino mentioned of City.

“We need to believe that we can create good things. We need to believe we can compete with a team like City.”