As happened hundreds of times in the circles of power, a bedroom indiscretion exposed an internal one: in this case, that of the Chelsea locker room.
"It's time to change, if you wait it will be too late," wrote one of England's most famous booties.
This is Isabelle Silva, or simply Belle.
Who is she?
The wife of Brazilian defender Thiago Silva.
She was in charge of giving another push to Mauricio Pochettino who seems to be balancing on a thin ledge less than a year after his arrival at the club.
His words came after the defeat suffered against Wolverhampton, another of the minor teams that encouraged the disorganized Chelsea that wanders through the middle of the table, at the same distance from the leader as from the relegation places: today, Poch's team They are in position number 11 in the English tournament.
The match against the Wolves ended 4-2, but the Blues had come from being mistreated by Liverpool who beat them 4-1.
Although Silva's wife did not name Poch in her "it's time to change", fans quickly targeted the coach.
This, despite the fact that the Brazilian is key in Poch's defense and he played 21 of the 23 games he coached in the Premier.
It's time to change.
If you wait any longer it will be too late 💙💙
— Belle Silva (@bellesilva) February 4, 2024
The feeling of Silva's implacable wife (some time ago she had a fight with Timo Werner for failing in front of the goal): "It's karma, guys, because in every team I go to there is an attacker who misses goals. This Werner, how What's his name? We need a goal," he tweeted) is shared by the fans who are already booing and booing the Argentine.
And according to The Athletic, Chelsea's leaders, the famous "locker room", are dissatisfied with Pochettino's work.
They believe that
the coach does not provide the team with a leap in quality "from a tactical point of view"
and that
the concepts he offers "are limited
. "
“Some sources close to the locker room, who spoke anonymously to The Athletic to protect relationships, have suggested that training in tactical elements is limited and that players are essentially playing spontaneously.
Others insist that this is not the case,” he says in one of the star sections of the New York Times.
The crisis comes from before and could be due to the departure of the controversial Román Abramovich who had to leave Chelsea due to his friendship and his pro-Putin statements in the midst of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Todd Boehly, an American tycoon, paid 4.97 billion euros for the club.
But the war in London seems to be against the Argentines.
The other one looking askance is Enzo Fernández.
The world champion with the Scaloneta arrived at the English club as the figure of the market.
The Blues put 121 euros on the table
to remove him from Benfica, which is paid for a
net breaker
, a Haaland, a Mbappe (until the arrival of Caicedo for 133, it was the highest transfer in the history of the Premier) , and now they demand something from Enzo that he cannot give them.
Looking at it with that focus, it is clear that so far his performance has not accompanied such an outlay in a team that cannot escape a spiral of bad play.
"My balance at Chelsea is somewhat turbulent
," Enzo declared a few days ago.
And in England they already say that the midfielder is seriously thinking about leaving.
It was published at this time in a medium specialized in transfers in England.
According to the Football Transfers portal, the Copa Sudamericana champion player with Defensa y Justicia is exploring an exit from the English club.
"Enzo Fernández, willing to leave Chelsea," says journalist Jacque Talbot, who assures that his historical representative has started talks with "several clubs to explore possible opportunities for the talented midfielder."
Talbot did not spare adjectives when describing the Argentine's time at the struggling English club: "The youngster was described as a 'complete midfielder' when he signed, but
so far his performances have shown that he is quite limited
. He has not lived up to his price. at Stamford Bridge until now"
In the last market, Chelsea invested more than 1 billion euros in reinforcements (1078, to be exact).
A team that does not work with Poch but that did not work with Frank Lampard who had previously replaced Christian Lattanzio, who in the same way could not make it work.
It can be said that today Chelsea is far from one of the nicknames that honors it, The Pride of London, The Pride of London in Spanish.
Despite that, at the moment those targeted only seem to be the two Argentines.