Gary Cahill urges Chelsea to give Mauricio Pochettino ‘time’ after ‘disappointing’ start to season
Former Chelsea skipper Gary Cahill has urged the club to give Mauricio Pochettino ‘time’ after a ‘disappointing’ start to the Premier League season. Despite spending around £400m in the transfer window, Chelsea are 12th with four points from four matches.
Cahill, who won two league titles during his seven years at Stamford Bridge, says the club need more stability if they’re to turn things around under Pochettino. He believes the club’s spending spree was never going to make for a smooth ride this season and that it will take time for the young squad to adapt to the Premier League.
Chelsea’s Summer Spending Spree
Chelsea maintained their high levels of spending this summer by forking out around £400m in the transfer window. It takes the club’s spending under Todd Boehly to £1.1bn across three transfer windows.
The club signed a number of high-profile players, including Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Hakim Ziyech and Edouard Mendy. However, despite the spending, Chelsea are 12th with four points from four matches.
Cahill Urges Patience
Cahill was part of a Chelsea group that won two league titles during his seven years at Stamford Bridge. And the Englishman says the club need more stability if they’re to turn things around under Pochettino.
‘When you’re in transition and the team’s evolving and changing, when we were successful here we had the core of the team and then we added one or two players to that and that’s a lot easier to adapt those players into the system and the football club,’ said Cahill.
‘When you have so many changes, it does take time. The ability is there, first and foremost, but it takes time to learn this league and get experience. You get experience good and bad, football’s not all roses.
‘They’ve had a few sticky results and that will give them some experience. In contrast to that, the manager has obviously got bundles of experience in this league, so I think he’s a great person to guide them through this.
‘Obviously it’s quite disappointing in terms of the results but the average age of the squad is very, very young and it’s a new squad that’s been put together. A lot of them have not got huge experience in football just yet and certainly not in the Premier League so that will take time, it’s a very hard league. But there’s bundles of talent. I was away on pre-season with them and saw the training, and I was very impressed. But this will obviously take time. Time and patience and let these young players develop.’
Conclusion
Gary Cahill has urged Chelsea to give Mauricio Pochettino ‘time’ after a ‘disappointing’ start to the Premier League season. Despite spending around £400m in the transfer window, Chelsea are 12th with four points from four matches.
Cahill believes the club need more stability if they’re to turn things around under Pochettino and that it will take time for the young squad to adapt to the Premier League. He says that the club have bundles of talent but that they need time and patience to let these young players develop.