Mauricio Pochettino feels continuity might be key for Chelsea forward of his second season in cost, ruling out the prospect of one other clear-out at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea clinched European qualification on the ultimate day of the Premier League season on Sunday, a 2-1 win over Bournemouth guaranteeing they beat Newcastle United and Manchester United to sixth place.
The Blues completed the marketing campaign with 5 straight victories, the primary time they’ve achieved that feat since doing so in March 2022 underneath Thomas Tuchel.
A optimistic finish to Pochettino’s debut marketing campaign has quietened discuss of his job being underneath risk, and he needs to see evolution slightly than revolution forward of 2024-25.
“Does the membership want new signings? At all times, you possibly can enhance,” Pochettino stated after Sunday’s victory.
“They’ll be significantly better subsequent season as a result of they’ll have one yr of expertise, a troublesome expertise.
50.5 – Moises Caicedo’s objective for Chelsea was the furthest scored in a Premier League sport since Wayne Rooney for Everton in November 2017 (57.7 yards v West Ham). Vary. pic.twitter.com/3l4bRIaxGv
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“That’s the benefit of being stable and constant and never making too many modifications.
“Subsequent season, if we preserve 80 to 85 per cent of the squad, for positive it’s a huge step ahead as a result of it’s about having continuity within the concepts and the data between them. That’s necessary for the membership.
“That may be a membership resolution. Prefer it was from the start, we [the coaching staff] are going to be there to assist and if not, we’re going to do our job.”
Chelsea solely misplaced one among their ultimate 15 matches of the Premier League season (9 wins, 5 attracts), with that defeat coming by a 5-0 scoreline at Arsenal in April.
Solely Manchester Metropolis, Arsenal (16 every) and Liverpool (12) received extra Premier League video games than Chelsea’s 10 between the flip of the yr and the top of the marketing campaign, with their complete of 43 objectives in that point rating them fifth amongst all groups within the division.
Chelsea’s total tally of 77 objectives in 2023-24 was their third-most in a Premier League season, behind solely their title-winning campaigns of 2009-10 (103) and 2016-17 (85).
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