If Mauricio Pochettino is to succeed in tripping up Jurgen Klopp on his last dance, he knows it will take more than tying the German’s shoelaces together to stop him grinning at Wembley.
Yet the Chelsea manager’s preparations for this Carabao Cup final have gone beyond scheming on the training pitch. They have involved Pochettino — part manager, part psychologist, by the Argentine’s own admission — spending much of this week at Cobham speaking with this £1billion troupe of talent to make sure they understand why Sunday is so significant.