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Mauricio Pochettino says he is not the only one on trial because everyone at Chelsea must prove between now and the end of the season why they do not deserve to be dumped.

Sitting ninth in the Premier League, Chelsea travel to Aston Villa on Saturday looking to kickstart a winning run to secure some form of European football. 

Pochettino admitted that he has not spoken to the club’s owners in ‘months’ as he communicates through the sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart instead.

Winstanley and Stewart are among those under pressure as another season in which Chelsea will finish outside of the top four and without a trophy lurches towards a disappointing finale. Their transfer policy in signing young players on long contracts has not yet proved successful with Pochettino’s fledgelings humiliated 5-0 by Arsenal on Tuesday.

Ahead of Villa, Pochettino said: ‘It looks like only I need to improve, no? It is always, “The coach needs to prove that he deserves to be here next season.”