Mauricio Pochettino speaks in his FIRST interview as Chelsea manager

Mauricio Pochettino has been speaking in his first interview as the new Chelsea manager. 

The former Tottenham boss, who was unveiled by the club back in May, claimed ‘the Blues are the greatest team in England’ while also admitting he was excited to start working with the squad.

Speaking on how he has improved as a coach in the last few years, the Argentine told the club website: ‘I am much, much, much better! No, I think it is an important experience to analyse. We have had times in the past to analyse everything and to be better. Evolution is every day, trying to be better. Experiences are something you must capitalise on because if not, experience is nothing.

‘I think we are in the correct way to try to add things and help the players to be better. We are a better coaching staff and a staff that loves to innovate, be ahead of everything, but also share and mix with the football of the past.

‘We are responsible to keep the values of football from the past, they are amazing and why we are in love with football. Football is a contact of emotion; it is so important. The emotion can’t only come through the fans. That is our responsibility. 

‘The players also have to also send the message and emotion. The team sends to the fans, the fans to the team, and the staff to the players.

‘We all move through the emotion, but that is why it is important to have clear ideas about new technology to help and provide better tools to the player. But at the same time, the smell, the eyes, the skin, it’s so important to keep these human senses in the same way.’

Speaking on his expectations of his new playing cohort, Pochettino hoped to create a ‘fantastic journey’ at the club by helping to improve the players within the team. 

‘The expectation is to for them to be open and to let us manage. They need for us, first of all, to create a platform so they can feel comfortable here. They need to have their space and feel important.

‘Our expertise is to give Chelsea the best tools for the players to be successful, to improve individually and collectively. We have the experience and together we can create a fantastic journey. That is what we want: to be together, to work together, and be part of this football club.

‘If we are all together, we are going to be very strong. We have an unbelievable squad and for sure are going to bring players with commitment who want to be part of it also. With the fans and everyone, we can find again the way to be successful.’

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