Pochettino responds to question on how long Chelsea ‘progress’ might take | OneFootball

Mauricio Pochettino says that Chelsea are a club in ‘progress’ right now and are not the Chelsea of yesteryear.

The last couple of seasons have been terrible for Chelsea in terms of results on the pitch at least, and the year of 2023 has been a disaster in that sense as well. Chelsea are left fighting relegation in the 2023 league table and at this point we are lucky seasons don’t run on years!

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But we all know the situation we are in. New owners came in and are looking to rebuild the club from top to bottom and completely changing the squad. They have signed new young players for the future and as a result, it will take time for it all to blend together.

But the question is, just howe long will that take and what do we need to expect in the meantime? After all, this is Chelsea Football Club and also, we are in a results-based business.

Vavel have the latest words from Pochettino on this.

“We should win every game because we are Chelsea?” Pochettino asked. “Yes, but we are not the Chelsea that won the Champions League or the Premier League.

“We are Chelsea in progress, [working] to improve, to find our way to behave and to perform altogether, many things like this. But I accept competition is not waiting for anyone.”

When asked quite how long this ‘progress’ might take in practice, the 51-year-old was understandably non-committal: “You never know,” he said. “First of all, the players need to be settled, feel comfortable, they need to know each other.

“They are going to compete with teams that maybe play [together] for three, four, five years. Our keeper, Robert, played with Disasi for four or five games. Disasi with Malo Gusto three games, Thiago with Colwill three, four games. Lesley Ugochukwu, he played with Enzo one game.

“Nico [Jackson] with Sterling, they need time to link and to create things, with Misha [Mudryk], with Noni, with Palmer arriving the day before the transfer window finished. It’s not an excuse, but we need to analyse all these things, we need to assess all these things”