What will Mauricio Pochettino bring to Chelsea?

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agreed to become the new head coach of

Chelsea with an announcement expected in

the next few days

um your piece I love it was entitled uh

you know pochettina agrees terms and

plot summer transfers I was like oh my

no not more surely coming in the door

but I mean this is going to be an

amazing appointment for Chelsea you'd

think yeah I think so I mean it's been a

long process uh one has been criticized

at times and especially given the kind

of suppose the context of Chelsea's

season since takeover but however

they've got here I think whether it's by

Design or they still belong to it I

think they've got pretty much the

perfect manager for where they are now

as a club especially when you consider

the makeup of the squad which is I mean

Chelsea's whole ambition is to create

the best young Squad in Europe which is

reflect on some of those signings

despite some criticism or some but I

mean in terms in the last decade of

English football or even if you want to

go back longer one of the managers of

the best recorders were bringing through

young players as pochettino there's a

period where he was responsible for half

the England first 11.

um now some people point to the lack of

success I would argue in terms of

relative performance getting Spurs 86

points in 2018 and getting to the

Champions League final was drastic over

performance and I think even if it's not

immediate I think it's a good match for

Chelsea and someone who can um I suppose

impose order on what has been a Chaotic

season yeah we'll come to what he might

have to do in terms of the transfers

because I'm interested to see surely you

don't mean more coming in the door maybe

at least three more let's say wow really

no look what will be the main challenge

do you think for him though as he comes

in the door I think the biggest

challenge for pochsino is not within the

squad I think it's keeping the ownership

away from the first team and ensuring

that the football people I.E himself and

his team are able to focus on the

football and the ownership we're able to

focus on the things away from the pitch

there are situations regarding some

players at Chelsea that don't relate to

football and that's harming the team you

see a striker who's playing the only

inference you can draw from the fact

that he isn't he hadn't been given a run

of games under Lampard Pierre America

bamier is that it's political rather

than football related because they're

not scoring goals they're creating lots

of chances but they're not able to take

them their record of scoring goals in

the Premier League suggests that and

their Champions League where they went

out with a whimper I think as far as

Mason Mount is concerned he's one of

their best players we know that

pochitina would like to keep Mason Mount

they've got to resolve that contract

situation and they just think

the people at Chelsea who run Chelsea

they do have good intentions I've said

more than once on on the show there is a

really good team struggling to come out

at Chelsea

what we've also seen is that sometimes

when new ownerships take over clubs in

the Premier League the first year is

invariably a circus because they're

trying to get to grips they think they

can apply what they've learned elsewhere

in business to football but football is

a very different beast and

but after that initial period it does

settle down the football does do the

talking you get the right people in you

do suddenly start to realize the

potential of what you have and I think

the ownership at Chelsea they have taken

a bit of stick but I actually think

they'll start to get a lot of credit as

time goes on because this is an

outstanding signing not good not great I

think it's an outstanding signing I

covered pochettino's Tottenham I saw the

way he worked alongside

um who's this pressed uh it's it's

trusted Lieutenant if you like

they like to work with young players

they like to establish a culture of

respect hard work and buying into the

values of the football club they are a

partnership that gets the best out of

players that want to work for them and

that's what we'll see but all of that is

predicated on if he and Jesus are

allowed to be do the job if they do that

they could be a superpower in the

Premier League again it's interesting

you talk about being a superpower I do

want to ask about what what you think

he's capable of doing but in terms of

the the players then there are there's

going to be a bit of a shuffle in terms

of the financial fair play rules because

you know they're 11th at the moment

they're not going to make Champions

League football they're going to have to

reduce their outgoings aren't they in

order to have that show yeah and even

before you get to financial fair play

really I mean there's a fundamental

issue with the size of the squad and

that it's a problem that managers face

this season which you want to pick where

no matter what's not just first 11 no

matter what Match Day score they picked

they had up to five to ten players

unhappy because they were left out and

that me usually just like it's a problem

for the chemistry of the group so one of

the things that came up in discussions

of prospective managers was you know how

you're going to hone the squad what

you're going to do so pochettino

basically has to decide to get rid of

their 10 players but I mean we already

know some of those that he's really keen

on including Mason Mountain as mentioned

Rhys James

um

kovachovichi quite likes kante obviously

and probably feels he can get more out

of him Enzo Fernandez is compatriot

Argentina so I think the squad will be

drastically reduced but from what I'm

told to further hone what Pacino won for

the first 11. they're looking at another

goalkeeper suppose might seem surprising

to people given they've spent 100

million in the last few years in

goalkeepers but um I suppose it's all

about what you need right now A Center

forward which is also where lukaku's

future is interesting and a number six

to kind of pin the team together so

that's three three positions they're

looking at just to add to that I don't

think that's necessarily going to be a

problem for potassium so I don't know if

you agree with this Bingo but when he

was at Spurs he he paired down that side

some of the Underachievers that were

there

um soldado one or two others he got them

out he doesn't like old players players

who maybe feel that the club owes them a

favor so anyone who's not willing to buy

into what he wants to do they'll be gone

he doesn't like anybody who rocks the

boat he doesn't like players that are

going to affect the harmony of the squad

the dressing room and so all those

players who might he might have an issue

with they will be gone and actually this

is an opportunity rather than a problem

for him it shows his authority doesn't

it because I'm sure any manager of any

worth sort of doesn't really like anyone

That Rocks the boat absolutely but but

but managers aren't always able to get

that kind of player out of the club but

he will be and I think what we the

reason for the lengthy delays is he will

have wanted those those guarantees you

know he will have wanted the author

guarantee that you've got the authority

to be able to do what he wants with that

Squad

um but the other thing you just

mentioned about the the players that you

want to keep I think got a feature of

this Chelsea will be a really strong

defensive base if you think about

Southampton when he was there they were

one of the toughest teams to play

against in the Premier League in that

place their home record was outstanding

think about Spurs best defensive record

in the Premier League in the first year

joint best sorry joint best in the first

year the best defensive record in the

second year if you think about that

defend

in front of it as well it was so so

strong I think they will be you look at

Chelsea in the quality they've got in

that defense as well he will make them

very strong we've just done that as well

as Darren touched on

um one of the maybe biggest Investments

that this Chelsea hierarchy maybe have

to make is basically to let players go

maybe expensive players go or take in

deals that that seem lacking a value at

that moment because I remember hearing

one of the biggest decisions that was

made in our Ted's early time at Arsenal

was being willing to take a hit on

players have been expensively signed or

a massive wage obviously the two most

obvious are mezados and aubameyang and

even if that seems a huge financial

course at the time what it does is I

mean it's better for the longer term

because it helps hone the team down to

exactly what the manager wants and there

was an element that actually in what

went wrong with um with pachino with

Spurs and that I mean we pretty much

know that from 2017 actually he wanted

to create a new nucleus because of the

way Spurs are run because of the value

they saw on certain transfers they

didn't do that didn't make it and it

left the squad quite stale and now

Chelsea probably have to make a similar

decision in that if you're entrusting a

manager with so much power you've got to

listen to when players he wants internet

and it might take someone comfortable

financial decisions yeah can I just say

in terms of bowling though because of

what we've witnessed you know he does

like to Tinker in a few things that

perhaps he shouldn't

um how long will he be given do you

think is this going to be is this the

project is this now the project that

Boley is going to preside over and say

actually he's going to be given a couple

of years or is it will it be if next

year they don't make Champions League

will we see a change again I think he'll

get time because this I I know they've

been derided a lot but they're smart the

intention with graham Potter was to give

him time but the results suggested that

they couldn't go with it much longer but

I do think they are a a smart group of

guys with a good plan if you like in

terms of the right man gets a time to do

the job and I think very quickly

pochettino will establish that he is the

right man and I don't think we'll get

any of the negativity any of he will

establish very quickly on Authority he

doesn't have the egos I think that he

had at PSG so he won't have that problem

he does have a specific way of working

that everybody knows about he does want

that graft he does want that culture

within the club that sees everybody

buying two he does have those team

building exercises that he used at

Southampton that he used at Spurs

establish that kind of commitment and I

I think

mixed is right he will have to get rid

of some players that have been there for

a long time and maybe it could be time

for them to have a fresh challenge he

will want a young Dynamic Squad that he

can freshen up but I think we'll be

talking next season about a very

different Chelsea because I don't think

pochettino gets the credit he deserves a

lot of people think he's tainted by the

PSG thing actually appears is there loss

if you think about the manager's PhD

I've lost and what they've gone on to do

Emery too cool and some of the others

they've all gone on to win silverware

and actually it's PSG who have not been

able to realize their Ambitions it's an

unmanageable claw because ultimately the

stars have so much power and whereas

this would actually be in terms of the

profile of the Chelsea Squad to be the

complete opposite because it's I mean

they're trying to bring through young

players as you've stated because of that

hard-rolling hard pressing style of

Pacino wants he prefers young players

because I suppose they're more malleable

and so it's a completely different

situation

thank you