After being quizzed about his future on Friday, Mauricio Pochettino still cannot tell if he will be coaching Chelsea next season.
“In one week we will know if I will stay as Chelsea manager,” Pochettino told reporters.
“It’s not my decision because if the owners are thinking to change. For sure, in one week we will know.
“It’s not affecting me. Is it affecting the people working with us? I think yes because, in the end, you can kill the rumour and sack me, and that’s not a problem. It happens in lots of clubs,
"You need to kill the rumours if that’s not true, if not the rumour is there for a different strategy. If you ask is it affecting me? It is not affecting me. Is it affecting the people working with us?
"I think yes because in the end you can kill the rumour, sack me and that’s not a problem. It happens in a lot of clubs," Poch said.
However, Pochettino admitted he hopes to stay at Chelsea with his team beginning to perform better and receiving plaudits from Todd Boehly.
“I project myself here at Chelsea for a long period, more than only the one year that it says in my contract… because we really trust in our work," Poch said.
“If that doesn’t happen, yes, that’s not in our hands,” the Chelsea manager added.
