Cole Palmer has insisted Chelsea will soon thrive under Mauricio Pochettino and revealed how the manager has urged his players to “stick together” amid external criticism.
Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital haver spent more than £1 billion ($1.1b) on players since completing their takeover of the club in May 2022, but they are yet to win a trophy and sit in 11th place on the Premier League table.
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Last month’s Carabao Cup Final defeat to Liverpool led Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville to describe Chelsea as “billion-pound bottle jobs” as condemnation grows over the perceived lack of progress at Stamford Bridge.
“I feel like you guys don’t see it every day on the training pitch, what we do,” Palmer told ESPN at last week’s London Football Awards.
“On a Saturday, if we don’t get a result then it is all ‘Chelsea’s this, Chelsea’s that’ which I understand because obviously football can be like that but I think what we’re building, the fans will see what we’re doing.
