Chelsea have spent a preposterous, obscene sum of money under their new owners and achieved very little.
But despite their profligacy in the transfer market, I’m not surprised Mauricio Pochettino wants to spend again in the January transfer window.
It’s what managers do. It’s like the scorpion and the frog. What do you expect to happen? Managers always want more, especially when they’re working for people who spend money like water but still end up with a side incapable of scoring goals.
Pochettino should be doing a better job but if he’s not comfortable with what he’s got and wants something better then you have to back him. Chelsea are in for a penny, they might as well be in for the pound.
I’m not convinced about Pochettino and have my doubts he’ll lead Chelsea to the promised land but having spent so long trying to get him and then giving him all this money to strengthen an already expensively assembled squad, you’ve got to have another twist of the dial.
Chelsea have gone backwards despite over £1billion of investment into the playing squad
Mauricio Pochettino has called for further spending in January to address the Blues problems
Mail Sport columnist Simon Jordan (pictured) has doubts Pochettino will lead Chelsea to the promised land
You either back him or you don’t. Chelsea were prepared to back Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter with £600million on new players so, as ridiculous as it sounds, Chelsea probably do have to go again with Pochettino.
The problem for the Chelsea manager is that the more he asks for and less he achieves, the quicker his sell-by date comes up. He has been complicit in some of the club’s profligacy by failing to get the best from expensive new signings so cannot be completely insulated from errors made in the past.
The club have made flawed decisions in their managerial appointments that weren’t right from the get-go. They were wrong with Potter and wrong with Frank Lampard who made things even worse. They have done nothing to enhance their investment or the football club with either of those appointments, in fact the polar opposite.
So it’s not surprising that the sins of their ridiculous spending are landing at the feet of a manager who may have the capability to take them where they want to be. Pochettino has spent big – £470m although it’s more like £175m net – but his outlay has been comparatively small compared to his predecessors…