Mauricio Pochettino says Chelsea have been the greatest team to play in England over the last 15 years

Mauricio Pochettino says there is plenty of work still to do in order to shape his Chelsea squad ready for the new season — despite boldly claiming the club has been the best team in England over the last decade and a half. The Argentine officially started his role on 1 July, after being announced as the club’s new permanent boss at the end of the season. Ad Frank Lampard was in charge in an interim capacity at the end of the last campaign — which saw them endure their worst season since the formation of the Premier League.

Premier LeagueHodgson to continue as Crystal Palace manager for 2023-24 season7 HOURS AGO One of Pochettino’s first jobs is to cut down a heavily bloated squad. This was amassed during a £600m spending spree during the last year, which left some training sessions during the previous campaign featuring up to 40 players. This has already been reduced during the off-season, with nine players removed from the club’s books already.

This includes Kai Havertz moving across London to join Arsenal, Mateo Kovacic signing for treble-winning Manchester City and N’Golo Kante, Kalidou Koulibaly and Edouard Mendy all giving in to the temptation of the multi-million pound offers from Saudi Arabia. However, speaking for the first time since arriving at Chelsea, Pochettino’s made it clear that further comings and goings will be happening. «If we are all together, we are going to be very strong.

We have an unbelievable squad and for sure are going to bring players with commitment who want to be part of it also. With the fans and everyone, we can find again the way to be successful”, he told the club’s website. »It is not closed, the squad, and the club is doing a fantastic job to finish the squad so we have the players