‘Mouricio Pochettino doesn’t know how to coach a big club, otherwise why would you keep a player like Him on the bench when he want sto win games against Brentford that have Ivan Toney with straight 5 home wins?’ Arsenal Manager Manager Mikel ARTETA, refers to Pochettino as a ‘BABY COACH’ for benching the £75 million star in Brentford draw yesterday

Mauricio Pochettino has been given a strong warning about his future at Stamford Bridge by Chelsea great John Obi Mikel. During his first season as Blues manager, Pochettino has been under a lot of pressure because Chelsea is still stuck in the middle of the table, even though the manager has had success in cup tournaments.

Not long ago, Chelsea beat Leeds United to move on to the FA Cup quarterfinals. This was just a few days after the heartbreaking loss of the Carabao Cup final to Liverpool. The Blues will now play Leicester City in the next round. In the draw, they got to skip teams like Manchester City and Liverpool.

This is probably Chelsea’s only chance to play in Europe next season. There are 17 points separating them from the top four teams and nine points separating them from the top six. Before talking about Pochettino’s time in west London, Mikel talked about how he thought Chelsea could get into some kind of European football.

“Of course, we can’t get into the top four,” he added. “I would consider it a big step forward if we made it to the Europa League. But to get there, we need to get better and win a string of games.” Getting into the Europa League would be a huge accomplishment, and we can build on that. The championship game was a huge letdown.

There is a chance that Pochettino won’t be in charge if Chelsea makes it to the European tournament. Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali are planning to make a decision about his future this summer. In light of this, Mikel shared his thoughts on Pochettino’s position at the club, which included a harsh admission.

“Some of the criticism is unfair, but we went through the same thing when we played for Chelsea and didn’t win: we were criticised and saw managers lose their jobs,” he said. “My name is Chelsea. You need to win. You have to get wins and medals. We have given them time, but they have already used it to start working together better and playing better.

“I stand up for the team and coach. They need time, but how long do they need? That’s Chelsea FC. I hope the new owners give Poch time. If this were the time of Roman Abramovich, he would have been fired. Let’s see how the season ends.

“The final would have given him some breathing room, but now we need to win a bunch of games to see where we end up.” After that, the owners will decide what to do.

Mikel makes mean Mauricio Pochettino admits he should be fired and gives Chelsea a deadline.