Emile Heskey suggests Pochettino deserves time to revamp Chelsea, highlighting the team’s recent prowess, scoring eight goals in clashes against Tottenham and Manchester City.
With over £1 billion spent since Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over, Chelsea’s inconsistency persisted into Pochettino’s tenure. Despite a superb start, recent victories, including a 4-1 win against Tottenham and a thrilling 4-4 draw with Manchester City, indicate positive signs.
Heskey anticipates Boehly’s patience, contrasting it with past managers. He emphasizes the need for time amid challenges in finishing chances and boosting player confidence.
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Pochettino has guided Chelsea to the EFL Cup quarter-finals, with Heskey acknowledging the tough task against Newcastle.
Emile Heskey Speaking With Stats Perform
“If you haven’t negotiated that you need time at Chelsea, a club that was going through so much turmoil at that time, it would be silly,” Heskey told Stats Perform.
“I’d be very surprised if he hasn’t gone through that with them; ‘We need time to actually build this and make sure we’ve got the time’.
“The reality is that if you look at some of their games, they’ve battered teams but not won. So there’s something else there in play where the confidence of the players to go and finish, they’ve lost that.
“You can’t say that you created 26 chances and not scored. There’s something right there because you’re creating 26 chances, but something’s fundamentally wrong when that composure to finish isn’t there.
“That could be with the stadium, the crowd, the tension that comes with that. They’ve never had it before because you’ve had all these top forwards who were just banging in goals.
“They were ruthless. They were relentless. Now they haven’t got that, they need something.
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“They’ve got players that need an arm around them, and they’ve got players that are low on confidence. How do you bring them back up?”
Chelsea are yet to win a trophy under the Boehly regime, though Pochettino has led them to the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, a competition which appears wide open with City, Manchester United, Spurs and Arsenal already being knocked out.
Emile Heskey won that competition four times during his playing career, twice with Leicester City and twice with Liverpool, also finishing on the losing side in another two finals.
