{"id":2764,"date":"2026-05-01T11:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:48:49","slug":"pochettino-comments-about-chelsea-project-make-us-more-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2764","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino comments about Chelsea project make us more worried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Mauricio Pochettino was on the Overlap this week, where he made some interesting revelations about his time at Chelsea.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino has just done a long feature with the Overlap, which reveals some really interesting things about his year in charge of Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>The former Spurs coach only stayed at Stamford Bridge for one year, and despite things generally going pretty well, he and the club parted ways after a season. The exclusives and briefs at the time were that he didn\u2019t want to work with the way the club was set up, with minimal say over transfers, and with the club trying to make him take on a set piece coach.<\/p>\n<h2>Pochettino decided to leave Chelsea after one season<\/h2>\n<p>According to Pochettino however, it was more of a unilateral decision on his part:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not complaining (about how things ended) because it was my decision to leave the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He tries to explain the project at the club and what he made of it, but his explanation is about as clear as the project itself.<\/p>\n<p>So that makes it 2 of our last 3 managers who have effectively decided to leave because they don\u2019t want to work in this system.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the full interview in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pochettino: Spurs Exit Regret, Inside Chelsea &amp; Managing Messi at PSG | Stick to Football EP 127\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ao10sfPjSKU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Wesley Fofana is on a lot of money, can\u2019t play more than once a week and is in terrible form. 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