Pochettino drew Guardiola’s City: what he said about Chelsea’s alleged interest in purchasing Argentine clubs and the invitation to Milei

From Javier Milei took over the presidency of Argentina and was in favor of the clubs becoming Sports joint stock company (SAD) Thousands of opinions were raised from different fronts, with a very strong rejection from the majority of national sports institutions. But rumors immediately appeared about an alleged interest from European clubs interested in acquiring Argentine teams, such as Chelsea. And Mauricio Pochettino, coach of the Blues, spoke precisely about that context..

In an interview with the British media The telegraphPochettino expressed his point of view on the possibility of Argentine clubs becoming SAD and made it clear that, for now, he considers it difficult for this to happen: “It’s very difficult because Argentina is a country where it doesn’t normally happen like here that people come from abroad and buy clubs”.

“The fans feel they belong to the club and the club belongs to them, and it’s not easy to change mentality. Maybe over time yes, but at the moment I don’t think it will be easy to buy a club there.”added the Argentine.

Along the same lines, he also decided to invite president Milei to get to know Chelsea: “I want to invite the president of Argentina. The other day we organized the “Argentina Day” here, because we always try to celebrate and create a good atmosphere on the training ground. The staff was fantastic in the kitchen. The photographer of our club, Darren, took some photos and now I’m sending them to a friend who is a friend of the president to tell him ‘look at Chelsea’. If one day he is in London, we want to invite him to come here, because he loves football.”.

The Argentine clubs that Chelsea wants to buy, according to Milei

“The interesting thing about SAD in football is that the investment comes very quickly. Because it’s a very easy business. You don’t have to create huge machinery, because building a facility can take you, I don’t know, two years. There is the will to invest expressed by Chelsea, in case they want to buy Boca, Racing, Newell’s, Lanús and Estudiantes”, said Milei earlier this year, in dialogue with Radio Mitre.

“I’m a Boca fan and if the investment groups come and put a fortune into Boca and this ensures that Boca always wins and River can’t win a single match, the question is: where do I sign?”, said the president.