EPL: Pochettino compares Chelsea’s new players with Zidane

<p>Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino has urged fans to be patient with his new signings and noted that even Zinedine Zidane endured a tough start at Real Madrid.</p>, <p>The Blues have won only one fixture from their first four Premier League matches and take on Bournemouth on Sunday.</p>, <p>Since Todd Boehly took over the club last year, Chelsea have spent over £1billion on new players, but supporters are concerned over a lack of progress on the pitch.</p>, <p>Pochettino has however insisted players are “not machines” and should be given time to adapt.</p>, <p>“I always use the same example… Real Madrid paid 70 or 80 million for a player named Zinedine Zidane. He was an amazing player but after six months, you can ask the fans at the Bernabeu and they were saying; ‘oh, what have we bought?’</p>, <p>“He started to perform after seven or eight months. Zinedine Zidane was 26 or 27. When you buy players who are 20 or 21 you have to be careful.</p>, <p>“They are not machines. They need to settle with all the circumstances that happened in the last few months. We need to give time,” Pochettino said.</p>