Mauricio Pochettino fears Chelsea’s downfall could be that their mega-money stars are too comfortable, having delivered a speech to his squad this week about slipping standards ahead of Premier League showdown with Manchester United.
Pochettino warned on Wednesday that they have to ‘behave like Chelsea’ and not an ‘exhibition team’ there to enjoy themselves, claiming they blew two leads in Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Burnley at Stamford Bridge because they shirked the hard yards.
Concerned by that costly surrender, Pochettino told his players in an address that he could have fallen into a comfort zone upon taking over as Chelsea manager but that his swollen bank balance has not made him want to do the ‘minimum effort’.