Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino feels they're fortunate to miss Europe this season.

Pochettino says his squad wouldn't have been able to handle the workload.

“Imagine if we play in Europe after this season with all the circumstances, oh my goodness," Pochettino said.

“It's always between eight to ten out in every game. It would be even more of a struggle if we had more games.

“It's about getting all the information to help the club to try to avoid things like what happened this season.

“Of course, for us that's our focus to define a squad that is fit or have more than 80 percent availability. We are under this percentage [at the moment."

He added: "It is about being competitive for the next game and trying to find the right balance to win and not to put an objective that maybe you could quickly get frustrated about if you don't win some games you believe you were supposed to win."