Chelsea players think Pochettino is the “best in the business” in one area – and it may be saving his job | OneFootball

The Sun have dropped an exclusive with quotes from inside the Chelsea dressing room which insist that the players are big fans of manager Mauricio Pochettino despite bad results, and would be unhappy if he were sacked.

Of course there will be more going into a decision than just the players’ opinion, but it goes a long way to helping those upstairs be patient with a coach, no matter who they are.

“They are all buying into what Poch is trying to do. The problems at Chelsea are not all his fault. Some of the players think he is the best man-manager in the business,” Andre Dillon quotes “a source” inside the club as saying.

“If Poch gets sacked it won’t go down well at all. He is not the problem.”

That “buying in” is quite evident in what the players say, but it’s not always that evident on the pitch, where some appear to care just as little as they did under Graham Potter and Frank Lampard last year.

The best in the business

This is all very similar – spookily similar in fact – to the Daily Mail exclusive earlier on this evening. After a couple of days where we got a lot of pieces which were clearly being briefed by those in charge at the club (mainly saying simply that nothing would be decided until the end of the season), are we now getting the leaks from Pochettino’s side of the divide? It would certainly seem that way, given how positive they are about him.

Either way, one thing is for sure. The PR war has begun, and that removes any doubt that his job is seriously under threat. The fact we’ve got two more incredibly tough games on the horizon leaves us wondering where we will be at in a couple of weeks.