Fabrizio Romano covers Chelsea as closely as anyone. He seems to have close connections to the new ownership, and when he says things about what they’re thinking, we assume it comes fairly directly from them.
So his update on Mauricio Pochettino’s future today is required reading.
He says that everyone at Chelsea feels the situation is “not acceptable.” Everyone from the ownership down to the coaching staff understands that.
He insists the club are still backing, trusting and supporting Pochettino – but it feels like that will be the case until it’s not the case – i.e., he’s our coach until he’s sacked.
You can see the insider explain things in depth in the clip embedded here: