Mauricio Pochettino has declared solely a choose few members of the Chelsea hierarchy knew concerning the Blues' pursuit of Cole Palmer. The Argentine seems to have had little say on the membership's summer season switch enterprise which has been left to the likes of Joe Shields, Paul Winstanley and Lawrence Steward.

Chelsea have now splashed a whopping £1billion on transfers because the arrival of Todd Boehly however nonetheless, they're struggling to ship outcomes on the sector after falling to a shock 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest.

The loss noticed new signing Palmer come off the bench however the Blues nonetheless did not seize an equaliser as new signing Nicolas Jackson fluffed his strains from 5 yards out.

Speaking previous to the match throughout Friday's press convention, Pochettino revealed he was left in the dead of night when it got here to the membership's transfer for his or her £42.5million arrival from Manchester City.

"I think the sporting director and the owner of course, but the sporting director it was his idea to add him to the squad," Pochettino mentioned when quizzed on who was the driving drive behind Chelsea's curiosity.

That ties into his quick response to news the membership have been set to signal the England U21 worldwide following the 2-1 League Cup win over AFC Wimbledon in midweek.

"I know nothing," mentioned Pochettino when requested concerning the Blues' shock swoop for the attacker.

To which a journalist replied: "Sounds like he's having a medical."

But Pochettino wasn't within the temper to debate Palmer, including: "Who is saying that? Reports. The club still didn't tell you. I don't want to talk about it."

The Telegraph say Chelsea determined to maintain quiet on the deal after they beforehand missed out on Michael Olise.

Although they triggered the discharge clause written into Olise's contract, Crystal Palace threatened to report the Blues over alleged tapping up.

They felt as if they'd gone behind the Eagles' again to strike a deal and for that motive, they threatened to report Chelsea for his or her conduct throughout their switch pursuit of Olise.

As a end result, Olise ended up signing a brand new contract with Chelsea leaving the Blues red-faced.

Palmer was deemed the choice goal and Chelsea needed to ensure they bought this deal over the road for Pochettino - one thing they did finally obtain.

Chelsea have gained simply considered one of their opening 4 Premier League matches and so they stay within the backside half of the desk following a difficult begin to life below Pochettino.

Despite their extreme switch splurge they're evidently missing a dependable purpose menace within the attacking third after failing to seek out the goal in opposition to Forest.

Chelsea journey to Bournemouth after the worldwide break and that will not be a simple activity because the Cherries have gone toe-to-toe with West Ham, Liverpool and Brentford of their opening 4 matches, proving they're no tender contact.