'I believe' - Ex-Chelsea star backs Mauricio Pochettino for success at Blues

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has come under heavy fire in recent weeks due to a string of poor results and the Blues' lowly position in the Premier League table. However, former Chelsea defender Glen Johnson believes that he will turn things around if given the time to do so.

In a recent interview, Johnson mentioned that things were 'turbulent' at Chelsea when Pochettino took over. As such, he believes that it would have been 'very hard' to turn things around in such short order. Additionally, he also said that 'any other manager' would have likely run into the same pitfalls - regardless of their reputation.

What did Glen Johnson say in the interview?

During the interview with Betfred, Johnson said: "Due to the club's situation at the time he took over, and the situation they remain in now, I don’t believe the pressure is on him as much as the results suggest because the owners have made a load of changes, so it’s very hard to expect a new manager to come in and turn things around so quickly.

"For the quality that Chelsea have in their squad, I would have thought that Pochettino would have got them firing and playing better sooner. However, the problem is that we only get to see them at the weekend and people forget that the owners came in and fired like 50% of the backroom staff and many of them were people who knew the club inside out.

"Poch can’t do everything on his own and he needs a good team around him that knows the club, knows all about the infrastructure and knows the players. We don’t know what’s going on at the training ground and how the players are being helped behind the scenes because we only see them on a matchday. 

"An awful lot contributes to a good team and a good level of performance and I don’t really think that any other manager could have done a better job than Poch at this moment in time. Mauricio is a good manager and the squad looks great on paper, so once the club is rebuilt again from the ground up, then I believe they will be back to where we all expect Chelsea to be."