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Sheringham says what ‘surprises’ him about Poch, Chelsea links amid ‘shambolic’ Boehly maiden season

Teddy Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham thinks “everything can change” at Chelsea if they can sign a “finisher” with Mauricio Pochettino expected to be a “great” appointment.

The Blues are on course to finish in the bottom half of the Premier League despite spending over £500million on new players across the previous two transfer windows.

The club’s new ownership, led by Todd Boehly, made the bold decision to sack Champions League-winning boss Thomas Tuchel last September, replacing him with Graham Potter, who was dismissed in April.

Neither decision has been justified with Frank Lampard – who has lost all five of his games in charge – taking over until the end of the season.

Despite the huge amount of money Chelsea have spent in less than a year, they are expected to sign another two or three first-team players this summer.

They are in dire need of a new striker, while a defensive midfielder would not go amiss.

It is difficult to judge the Blues’ potential summer dealings with no permanent manager at the helm.

Pochettino is expected to take charge, which has resulted in Chelsea being linked with Tottenham’s Harry Kane.

Although the Argentine failed to win a trophy during his time as Tottenham manager, ex-Spurs striker Sheringham thinks he will be a “great” appointment and is “surprised” his former club did not go in for him after they sacked Antonio Conte.

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“I think Poch would be a great signing for Chelsea,” Sheringham told Lord Ping.

“Chelsea will give him money to spend, and he’ll have his own targets that he will want to bring in to compliment the wonderful players they already have at the football club.

“Chelsea are missing a goal scorer; they need a goal scorer. If they could get a finisher in there, I think everything can change for them.

“He is going to have some wonderful players at his disposal, and he will have the autonomy to go in there and decide who he wants to keep and who wants to get rid of without having to worry about upsetting anyone.

“He has a wonderful pedigree. I was surprised that Tottenham didn’t make a move for him.

“It doesn’t look like Tottenham are going to be appointing a manager anytime soon unless Daniel Levy is working on a deal with Julian Nagelsmann to come in at the end of the season – you would assume that Tottenham are in talks with someone to let Poch join a rival without having a conversation…

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