Mauricio Pochettino insists he is happy for Chelsea’s owners to come into the dressing room after games… as he declares the Blues job is ‘not worse than I thought’ after difficult start at Stamford Bridge
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Mauricio Pochettino insists he does not care if Chelsea’s owners want to invade the dressing room after games, so long as they behave properly.
Pochettino spoke on the eve of his club’s Carabao Cup clash with Brighton, with co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali having visited the players after their 1-0 Premier League defeat by Aston Villa.
Pochettino says that is no problem because Eghbali was not there to berate the squad with a speech but instead ‘share’ in their ‘suffering’. Owner Todd Boehly has also been known to visit the dressing room in the past.
‘I like when the owners come, in all my career as a coach, at Espanyol, Southampton, Tottenham, Paris-Saint Germain,’ Pochettino said. ‘It is good that the owner came to the dressing room.
‘The way they approach the players is most important. If they are in a good way and a correct way, they are very welcome.
Mauricio Pochettino insists he has no problem with Chelsea’s owners coming into the dressing room after games
Behdad Eghbali (left) and Todd Boehly (right) have both gone into the dressing room after matches this season
‘After my press conference after the game against Aston Villa, they came and chill with us, like normally. Also against Liverpool, Luton, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa, they came with Paul and Laurence and Behdad.
‘We talk about the game. I don’t see it in a bad way. It would be different if they came for a speech or something, but with the way they came, of course they are very welcome. They own the club, they can do whatever they want!
‘They own the club, they can do whatever they want. We are so glad they came and shared with us – even when it’s good things and we won the game, but even on Sunday where we lost and we are suffering.’
Chelsea sit in 14th place, and have scored just five goals in their six league games to date.
Pochettino insists he is happy with performances, though, and believes his side can turn around their form.
Pochettino has seen his side lose three of their first six games but is not surprised by the size of the task at hand
He has also denied that the job is tougher than he thought, acknowledging he expected difficult times in getting Chelsea back on track.
‘We are playing well, it’s only we are not clinical in front of the goal. That is what we need to fix and try to give more confidence to our offensive players,’ he explained.
It’s (the job) not worse than I thought. I think we always knew the new project is always difficult. This period is a worse scenario than we can think to anticipate the situation.
‘It looks like all is against us because the performance of the team deserves more points. All teams go through different periods, and I think we have the capacity to turn this.’
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