Mauricio Pochettino warns Chelsea chiefs should also be on trial after disappointing year

Mauricio Pochettino has warned Chelsea fans that he can only control so much at the club as he admitted the "whole organisation" should be fighting for their futures at Stamford Bridge.

After another year of immense spending under the Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital ownership, Chelsea have once again slumped to an underwhelming season which appears set to end without either silverware or European football once again.

The team's struggles have left many fans questioning whether Pochettino deserves a second year at the helm but, while the manager accepted some responsibility for Chelsea's poor performances, he insisted he cannot be held solely to blame.

"We are all responsible for the situation and we all need to improve to show that we deserve to be here next season," Pochettino said. "It looks like it's only me - not the whole organisation. It should be the whole organisation.

"I support the decision making. But in some parts we are not involved. The club is designing a structure that you need to prove works. Because of the results, you can say: 'Yes it's just him'. But I don't have the keys of the club.

"I don't take all the decisions here. That is to be made clear. If you say to me I have the keys and this guy is here because it's my decision, that is one thing. But if this is not my decision, you need to judge me, and judge him in his job, no? Because it's not my direct responsibility. I cannot suffer for things that are not in my hands."

Pochettino went on to admit that he has not spoken with club owners Boehly and Behdad Eghbali for a number of months now.

"To be honest, in the last few months, we didn't cross, or message," he said. "We communicated through the sporting directors but nothing has changed. We are not changing my view or my feeling."

Chelsea and Pochettino have always planned to hold what sources describe as a two-way evaluation this summer, where club officials will get the chance to review Pochettino's performance and the manager will also be given the opportunity to give feedback on his first year at the helm.

The nature of the agreement leaves the door open to a potential parting of ways this summer, and so Chelsea are understood to have been evaluating possible replacements for Pochettino, although this is seen by many close to the situation as a natural business process rather than an indication of a desire to part ways with the manager.

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