Chelsea history has seen hiring and firing of managers when success is not delivered on time
Mauricio Pochettino has urged the club and Chelsea fans to end the chaos and start trusting the rebuilding process, citing examples of other managers such as Jurgen Klopp, Mikel Arteta, and Pep Guardiola when it comes to patience paying dividends.
The Blues annals have been about the hiring and firing of managers when success wasn’t delivered on time under Roman Abramovich, and the same has been witnessed under new owner Todd Boehly.
However, the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino has been seen as a long-term process as the club’s hierarchy is set to give the Argentine manager the time to rebuild the club into a competitive team. He has the experience and the expertise to manage a club of our stature.
The same point has been emphasised by the former Southampton manager, who wants the team to accept its rebuilding journey and give coaches time to instil their mentoring philosophy across the club.
Speaking to the media before their big clash against Liverpool, (h/t Mirror) Pochettino claimed the club needed to change that and said:
“If that is the impression on social media with the fans or people outside Chelsea, then we need to change that. Now it is also about working to create a different vision and for the people to trust in the club again. This happened with Klopp, and it looks like it is with Mikel (Arteta) at Arsenal.”
“Manchester City is the best example with Pep (Guardiola). I celebrate that they can have the possibility of being in a place for a long period of time. I need to work, we need to work, and then it is not my decision if Chelsea want to be in a similar situation like Liverpool, Arsenal, or Manchester City now.”
This is a very big claim Pochettino has made because we have barely witnessed such things in the club’s history. Klopp and Arteta in particular had average first few seasons while Pep’s City took seven years to win the UEFA Champions League.
Guardiola, Klopp, and Arteta all had their projects entrusted to them, and as a result, they have all assembled some of the most powerful teams in Europe. Pochettino had time at Spurs and almost took them to UCL glory in 2019.
More importantly, he built an elite team there from the ground up. Chelsea are a notch above Spurs when it comes to transfer market clout and winning silverware, as witnessed by recent history, so Pochettino can look at this as an upgrade.
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Basically, he will have the resources here to succeed. Time is something he will need to have and fans must not turn on him if a few results don’t go our way. It’s a young team and they will take time to learn.