“You’re a coach!” – Former Chelsea player fumes at Blues manager at the time | OneFootball

Former Chelsea defender Malang Sarr has been left fuming by the actions of his former manager Mauricio Pochettino.

It was a story that came across as pretty shocking at the time when it all came out, and I remember it well as I was covering the press conference.

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Pochettino was in charge at Chelsea at the time and he was being asked about which defenders he had available due to a lot of injuries. One reporter asked him about Malang Sarr, who was pretty much out in the cold by the club and he never had any chance of making it here. Pochettino told the reporters that he didn’t know who Malang Sarr was!! Ouch, that must of cut deep, and in fact, it DID cut deep!

Sarr on Pochettino

Speaking on YouTube channel Kampo, Malang Sarr didn’t hold back in his assessment of Pochettino.

“I felt like smashing everything up when he says that because I know what’s going on behind my back, you know. He’s doing it on purpose.

“I know he knows me, he may know me. But okay.

“I would have thought maybe, given that they have 99 players under contract.” The host said.

“No. It’s not even that, forget it. He’s a coach, he watches football, you’re a coach, you know all the players. I would have preferred him to say, “I’m not counting on him.”

In other news…

The xG stats from the Aston Villa game last night show just how dominant Chelsea were – they battered their opposition away from home with a record.

Chelsea killed the game off with two lovely counter attack goals as Villa totally failed to deal with Garnacho on the counter.

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