“Have I ever dealt with a situation like this in my entire career? No.”That question and Mauricio Pochettino’s short and, therefore, resolute answer afterwards says pretty much everything you need to know about the problems Chelsea’s boss is facing at the moment.His injury-torn side, also affected by growing confidence issues, will face Burnley on Saturday. The Argentinian tactician has lot of things on his mind, and the press conference ahead of the upcoming EPL tie was the ideal opportunity to hear his thoughts about his major concerns.##NAJAVA_MECA_7984655##Romeo Lavia’s severe injury, to begin with…”Yes, it’s really difficult situation for him”, admitted Poch. “He’s sad. He’s not happy because he only plays 30 minutes. For a new player arriving at the club. It’s a thing that sometimes happens in football. When the club signed him, he arrived with problems from Southampton. He could not train with us in the first months. When he started to be ready to prepare, he suffered a problem with his feet. And then he recovered, played only 30 minutes and got injured. From December, we didn’t have the possibility to train with him because he was never available or really close. After December, four months, we never had the possibility to train with him. Really sad news.” 🗣️ “It’s a difficult situation for him”Mauricio Pochettino on Romeo Lavia being ruled out for the rest of the season 🔵❌ pic.twitter.com/9o1mKKFoPs— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) March 28, 2024 Aside from Lavia’s absence, Pochettino is also facing Cole Palmer’s disappointment for not clocking a single minute in two international games for England, against Brazil and Belgium.”I was talking with him, he’s a little bit disappointed because he cannot play or perform with the national team. In the first game, he had a small problem, and I think he thought he could play against Belgium, but he didn’t play. Now he is okay and training well. Still one more training session tomorrow, but if he responds tomorrow in the same way, he will be available on Saturday,” explained the Argentine.Proper unlucky! Chelsea’s 62,000,000 euros signing is done for the season after just one gameThe recent FA Cup tie against Leicester City brought some more headache to Poch and the Blues, as the home crowd booed off Rahim Sterling. Pochettino believes it’s about to be calm now and accept the situation.”The most important thing is to deal with this situation based on our experience. We cannot create bigger things that are emotional at some point. Our fans love our players, and for sure, they are going to support him and the result of the team. The teammates need to be good teammates and can talk and express their emotions. But I think we need to be careful in the way we talk and give our opinions because we need to build a relationship with everyone. I said after the game that I didn’t agree because the players always wanted to play well and score goals. This type of situation is bigger to only pay attention to what happened. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7984650##”I was also suffering the anger of the fans because of the disappointment. The whole team were suffering but the most important thing is Raheem is an experienced player. Of course, he understands. “We need to move on, to try, for us to help to protect the player, that is our responsibility and the player to understand they need to make an effort to try and convince the fans we are in a very good way,” concluded Pochettino.
