Chelsea legend describes club as ‘beast’ that some signings ‘won’t handle’
Former Chelsea forward Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has stressed the need for Mauricio Pochettino to be given time but knows not all of the club’s big-money signings will handle the pressure.
The Blues are without a win after two matches of this season’s Premier League after a 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool was followed up by Sunday’s 3-1 defeat at West Ham.
Chelsea have spent more than £350m on transfers this summer, which has taken their overall outlay under Todd Boehly’s consortium to nearly £1b since he completed his takeover at the end of the 2021-22 season.
“Look, it is a project,” said Hasselbaink. “Chelsea is a project and it will take time.
“You need to give time. They have a lot of players, a lot of talented players but they need to gel and that takes time. It doesn’t matter how much money you throw at it.
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“The only way they will learn is by playing and having that pressure. You will see some of them will make it and be able to handle it, but some, as always is the case, they won’t handle the pressure. That is the nature of the beast.
“I do think Chelsea have bought well, really well with a lot of young players and the most important thing now is to trim the squad because there is still a lot of players.
“Then mould it and everyone can get to know each other.”