Mauricio Pochettino: Chelsea must 'deliver from day one', says new manager

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Premier League is champion successful satellite - Pochettino

There is "no patience" successful shot and Chelsea indispensable "deliver from time one", says caller manager Mauricio Pochettino.

The erstwhile Tottenham boss, 51, has taken over astatine Stamford Bridge connected a two-year woody with the enactment of a third.

Chelsea endured a unspeakable 2022-23 play successful which they had 3 managers and finished 12th successful the league.

"It is astir delivering from now," Pochettino said astatine his unveiling. "We cannot archer the radical we request six months to make something."

Speaking astatine his archetypal quality league astatine Stamford Bridge, helium added: "I spoke with the owners successful a truly bully way. They are clever radical and I consciousness good. I americium not a manager who needs to inquire for power.

"The astir important happening I request to amusement them is to spot successful maine and the players and the fans tin spot my decisions and the mode we operate."

'My people is to win'

Pochettino had been linked with a instrumentality to Tottenham aft they parted institution with Antonio Conte successful March, but helium alternatively joined their London rivals.

Having started his managerial vocation with Espanyol earlier a 16-month spell astatine Southampton, helium past managed Spurs from 2014 to 2019.

He caused ire from his erstwhile supporters erstwhile helium described Chelsea arsenic "the top squad successful England" implicit the past 10 to 15 years during an in-house interview.

Last season, Manchester City claimed a Treble of Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup and Pochettino said his broadside request to "believe" they tin compete.

"I privation to congratulate Pep [Guardiola] connected what helium has achieved with Manchester City," helium said. "It's astonishing to spot a nine summation truthful overmuch stableness with the tools from the manager.

"Chelsea successful the past 10, 12 oregon 15 years person enjoyed a akin achievement. Now, we request to judge that we tin besides make large things and judge we tin vie with Manchester City.

"My people is to win, my purpose is to win. Play good is our style, doctrine and culture. If you don't triumph successful a nine similar Chelsea, you volition struggle.

"With the players we person and the strategy to believe. It's astir winning, being competitive. And construe this vigor to our fans. To make the togetherness, it's difficult, successful the Premier League each unneurotic we tin beryllium adjacent to triumph again."

'We request to springiness our champion from the start'

Pochettino is Chelsea's sixth imperishable manager successful 5 years pursuing the sacking of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter earlier this season, with Frank Lampard taking interim complaint until the extremity of the season.

He is besides the 4th brag of caller proprietor Todd Boehly's reign aft the American took implicit astatine Stamford Bridge past July.

Chelsea are undergoing a translation successful their playing squad excessively - they person spent much than £550m connected caller players and 9 person near this summertime including Kai Havertz to Arsenal, Mason Mount to Manchester United and skipper Cesar Azpilicueta to Atletico Madrid.

Pochettino said: "I'm not reasoning astir however galore challenges oregon the astir hard one. The astir important happening is to get a balanced squad.

"The program was to trim the numbers of players and past make a bully dynamic connected the grooming ground. I americium not giving players the accidental to discarded time. We request to springiness our champion from the start.

"We are going to person a squad that tin deliver."

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