Chelsea boss Pochettino plots Dele Alli name after extra switch exits deliberate

While at Chelsea, there might be additional exits regardless of a hearth sale that has seen the likes of Mason Mount, Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic amongst others depart. When requested about Raheem Sterling, Pochettino went on to clarify that he’s an enormous fan of final summer season’s massive signing, however extra gross sales will happen.

“We are talking about a really good player [Sterling],” Pochettino added. “But because of the circumstances in a football club, sometimes it’s not easy for a player to adapt quickly and show the same performance that he maybe had at the other club.

“We need to reduce the number of people in the squad because it was so big. People need to find their space first of all in the training ground, then in training, then in the team. We can’t just blame the players. We need to see what is going on and why they are not performing in the way we expect. “When all is clear, we cannot give excuses to them not to perform. We need to clean everything and say, ‘Come on – now it’s up to you, show me you are ready to play for this football club’.”