Pochettino goals to ‘reinforce and energise’ academy after Chelsea gross sales
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auricio Pochettino hopes to reconnect Chelsea’s first workforce to the academy amid issues over the gross sales of Mason Mount, Lewis Hall and Ruben Loftus-Cheek this summer season.
Chelsea have offered off Cobham expertise to steadiness the books after spending an unprecedented virtually £1billion throughout the final three switch home windows. Conor Gallagher, Trevoh Chalobah and Ian Maatsen may additionally but depart earlier than the switch window closes on Friday evening.
Pochettino, nonetheless, hopes to offer probabilities to different academy stars and is keen to fill his bench with youngsters for AFC Wimbledon’s go to within the Carabao Cup second spherical on Wednesday night.
He mentioned: “I hope we can change this feeling for the fans in the future. It can again be the philosophy of the club. I think always the record was fantastic and we again need to reinforce and energise the academy.
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/ Chelsea FC via Getty Images“First, because we believe in them and then because Chelsea was famous for bringing good players from the academy to first team.”
Pochettino confirmed that “four or five” gamers but to make their senior debuts shall be in his squad to face Wimbledon.
He added: “First of all on the bench and maybe if it goes well they will have the possibility to play. But they will start on the bench.
“From what they have told me none of them have been involved before, but I have to check. Today, I was asking ‘If you are involved, what do you think?. And their eyes [go big] like this.
“Because they are 16, 17 … to have the possibility to be at Stamford Bridge in an official competition with the first team. It’s an exciting moment for them and the families. I know what it means.”
Although he hopes to supply debuts from the bench, Pochettino will begin with a robust workforce on Wednesday evening in a press release that Chelsea need to win the Carabao Cup.
The Argentine, who has a popularity of growing younger gamers, feels misunderstood in English soccer and says he has all the time been obsessive about successful trophies.
He mentioned: “I was desperate to win before but my message was maybe not arriving in the best way.
“Maybe I couldn’t translate it how I wanted because of my language (problems). I was desperate before and I am desperate now also. I want to win everything. Every game, even friendly games. If we lose, we are in a s**t place.
“My message has no doubt. It is to win, not complain about the circumstances. Win, win and win.”