Experts fear the Blues are set up for failure having splurged nearly £1bn on one of the youngest squads in Premier League history
“Adolescents want to fit within their peer group, they will care a lot more about what their peers say about them than anyone else. That can be a really useful thing, or it can derail us. In a dream scenario, with all these high-performing individuals, healthy competition is not a bad thing. The problem is if that competition becomes toxic.”
“It’s one thing for a psychologist to come in, but actually having players in the room who’ve lived it is really important,” Stoyel says. “Chelsea will have to find a way to create that, whether it’s past mentors coming back, or staff that used to play taking on a more pastoral role. If players don’t have the information of how others managed it, it can be tough.”
By age profile and club status, the two most similar sides in recent years are Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal and Pochettino’s Spurs. Both had between six and seven under-23s in successful league seasons but were also characterised by sharp psychological collapses which stopped them achieving their ultimate goals. This is something Pochettino has experience with, but still may not be able to combat.
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