Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Chelsea’s Premier League Golden Boot winner within the 2000-01 season, believes that in contrast to the Roman Abramovich period, the brand new membership possession needs continuity and is subsequently affected person with under-fire supervisor Graham Potter.
Chelsea, who had been held by Everton 2-2 on Saturday evening and stay tenth within the Premier League desk, have had an underwhelming season to date. Potter faces the warmth to ship after the membership spent closely within the January switch window. However as Chelsea’s long-time possession modified from Abramovich to a consortium led by US billionaire Todd Boehly final 12 months, so has the considering. And Hasselbaink, who made 177 appearances for the Blues from 2000-04 and was a part of the membership when Abramovich took over in 2003, mentioned the thought course of is refreshing.
“Everyone knows how the earlier possession was working. The turnover in managers was much more frequent. I feel these homeowners, they need a undertaking. They need younger gamers, they imagine in younger gamers, and so they desire a supervisor who’s going to imagine that with them,” mentioned the Dutchman on a go to to Mumbai as a part of a worldwide tour by the membership and the CFC Basis that noticed the previous striker conduct a soccer clinic in Dharavi on Sunday.
“Potter has come and he is had a number of points to take care of. The outcomes have been up and down. However I nonetheless assume it’s a undertaking. And these new American homeowners need to see continuity. So that’s, in a means, refreshing, and refreshing for soccer as effectively.”
Chelsea, unbeaten of their final 4 video games throughout competitions, nonetheless discover themselves within the Champions League and will likely be up towards Actual Madrid within the quarter-finals subsequent month.
Hasselbaink, who scored 87 objectives for Chelsea earlier than transferring to Middlesbrough in 2004, mentioned it’s a powerful draw for the Blues.
“However if you wish to win the Champions League, you have got to have the ability to beat everyone,” he mentioned. “It is not going to be a straightforward recreation, however you must imagine. We now have accomplished it up to now and there’s no cause why we won’t do it once more.”
He lavished reward on Enzo Fernandez, the Argentine World Cup winner for whom Chelsea splashed £107 million in January. “Enzo is a younger participant that could be very thrilling. He’s very aggressive and technically excellent as effectively. What I like, as an ex-striker, he’s at all times trying to play ahead. I imagine he will be an enormous participant, an enormous star for Chelsea.”