Mauricio Pochettino's biggest task at Chelsea is far from winning over the fans if he is appointed. It's not even just turning things around on the pitch - things can hardly get worse. The Argentine has an opportunity to bend the club's young squad into something of his own; that's an attractive prospect.
Backed by ambitious, albeit so-far frenetic owners, Pochettino has the foundations of a strong young team on his hands. The issue is that there are still far too many players to do much with. With Kai Havertz injured Frank Lampard still had six attackers - five of them signed for more than £30million each - on the bench for the defeat against Brentford.
Trying to spin the plates of emotional discontent between frustrated players that aren't getting the game time they desire is a situation that so far three managers have failed to deal with across the past 11 months. Pochettino may have experience in the madhouse of Paris Saint-Germain but even then it is far from the sub-optimal working conditions at Stamford Bridge.
