Don’t Expect Pochettino To Perform Magic At Chelsea – Lampard

Former Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard has come out to say that he is not surprised by the team’s struggles under Mauricio Pochettino this season. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he is not completely surprised with some of the difficulties on display this season because he experienced the poor form first-hand months back.

Lampard added that even if Mauricio Pochettino is a top manager who recruits well, he will not perform magic immediately.

His words, “I’m not completely surprised with some of their difficulties, having lived it first hand at the end of the season. I came into a club where it had been eight months of results you don’t expect from Chelsea, and that’s working with two, in my opinion, very good managers, top managers, in Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter.”

“I felt I could see some of the issues there, which were issues probably with confidence from results. When you’re with Chelsea if you don’t win that builds, that nervousness. And maybe some motivation amongst the squad which I think was probably through having such a big squad, unprecedented numbers. A lot of players felt their time was up at Chelsea or it was coming or maybe Chelsea were going to move them on and I lived that feeling.”

“So I think you have to affect it by hiring a very good manager in Mauricio Pochettino and then recruitment. So, there’s big, big changeover, but there is no magic wand as such in football and the Premier League is the most unforgiving. I expected more in terms of points but I never felt it would be an instant turnaround.”