Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino on his relationship with the fans and the hope they can now see progress ahead of their Premier League final game with Bournemouth
Cobham, London, UK
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00:00 It's nice that the season ends at home and you're on this run of wins as well. Do you
00:08 expect to feel a little bit of love at the end of the game as you say goodbye to the
00:14 fans for the season?
00:16 Look, I don't expect nothing. If after it's natural things happen, we'll come, but if
00:24 not it's not a problem. I'm always going to care about the fans and I'm always going to
00:28 show my respect. That is the most important thing. The relationship is... We always try
00:33 to be very respectful and we are very respectful. We understand very well this business that
00:40 in football the fans are the best thing that can have a football club and that is why they
00:49 are entitled to give their opinion. In different ways you need to respect, like a coach needs
00:56 to respect because we are here because of them.
00:58 The majority of fans, we know that social media is very noisy and phone-ins are very
01:03 common.
01:04 Yeah, but even the social media now is being nice with us.
01:06 They can really see most times something beginning to happen here.
01:14 But it's not a revenge, it's nothing wrong. No bad feelings because the most important
01:22 thing is that we are working for the club, we are working for them, for the owner, for
01:26 the player, for the club, for the fans.
01:30 The most important thing is to make them happy because that is the business that we are in
01:35 and we play for them and we want to win for them and we want to achieve the things that
01:40 they want also, but it's normal.
01:42 I think we need to understand and we need to respect our fans, their opinion.
01:46 It's in us to change these feelings and build a relationship with the staff, even when you
01:53 have a history.
01:54 And of course, they need to trust in us and the only way that they can trust in us is
02:00 through the result.
02:02 Because the process and the work that we are doing here inside, it's difficult for them
02:08 to really, not to pay attention, but yes, to analyse and to judge because they don't
02:14 know what we are doing every single day.
02:17 That is why sometimes the coaches, we show in front of you in a different way because
02:26 only we know in the way that we work and sometimes when the result does not arrive, it's like
02:33 we are disappointed and frustrated.
02:36 But look, that is in the way that we wanted to change the view and the opinion and happy
02:42 that the team is showing that the fans can trust in the team.