Mauricio Pochettino admits he doesn’t know if he can be at Chelsea subsequent season and known as on the membership to supply some readability.
The Argentine is approaching the midpoint of his two-year deal at Stamford Bridge with the primary 12 months containing loads of highs and lows.
He has confronted anger from supporters – most lately after a 5-0 thumping at Arsenal – however did information the Blues to the EFL Cup last whereas latest wins over Everton and Tottenham have proven indicators of development from a gifted however inexperienced squad.
Pochettino indicated he had grown uninterested in the fixed hypothesis round his place and hoped for some backing from the boardroom.
Talking forward of Sunday’s dwelling recreation with West Ham, he stated: “[The task] is to show in any case these circumstances [injuries] that we need to be right here subsequent season.
“Who’s going to evaluate me? We have to choose ourselves.
“Sufficient with a majority of these rumours. If I’ve one 12 months extra on my contract right here, and nobody says nothing, suppose I’m going to be right here. [Unless] we end the season and somebody says to me ‘ciao’.
“We don’t know for the time being. I’ve one 12 months extra [on my] contract. However sufficient about silly rumours. You should ask the membership if they need me to maintain going or not, to not write issues that haven’t any sense.”
Chelsea had been glorious in final night time’s win over Spurs, secured by objectives from Trevoh Chalabah and Nicolas Jackson.
And Pochettino is hoping for extra of the identical on the weekend.
He added: “Now it’s about retaining the identical mentality for Sunday.
“We’re going to play a crew that’s so robust bodily. They’re having a unbelievable season additionally, competing in Europe.
“For us, we have to recuperate gamers, we don’t have too many choices. They [West Ham] have had the entire week to organize the sport. Probably the most harmful video games are coming.”