14 Premier League defeats, a -5 goal difference, three different managers, level on points with Crystal Palace and only became mathematically safe from Premier League relegation at the start of May.
It’s fair to say the 2022/23 season has been a horrid one for Chelsea Football Club.
However, there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel of terrible football for Chelsea fans: the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as the new manager.
90min reported in recent days that Chelsea expect to confirm the arrival of new manager Mauricio Pochettino early next week following a final rounds of talks, and ahead of his official appointment, we thought we’d take a look at everything the new manager has to fix at Stamford Bridge.
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There are plenty of Chelsea players that we’d expect to benefit from having Poch as their manager, but none would likely benefit more than Mount.
The England international is the archetypal all-action creative midfielder that Pochettino loves, so ensuring that he puts pen to paper on a new long-term deal at Stamford Bridge needs to be one of the first things Poch does at the club.
There’s very few positives to take from the 2022/23 season for Chelsea, however Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile looking legit is one of the them.
Pochettino has to cultivate their talents and give them consistent first-team football in order to make Chelsea less-reliant on a 38-year-old Thiago Silva and a bad Kalidou Koulibaly.
Levi Colwill is also expected to return following a fine loan at Brighton.
It’s been a disappointing season for Reece James.
The wing-back has spent a lot of time on the sidelines with injuries, and the rest on the pitch underperforming.
Next season, Poch will be hellbent on getting more out of the England star and, judging by his record improving full-backs throughout his career (Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, etc.), we’re backing him to do just that.
It’s rather astonishing that Chelsea have managed to spend roughly a gazillion pounds on new players and still don’t have a striker.
So this summer, guess what Pochettino has to do?
That’s right, sign a striker.
A world class one, preferably.
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