Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino admits co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Lawrence Stewart were his prime contacts in taking the job.

Pochettino had his presentation media conference on Friday.

He said, "I think it was really nice conversations. The first conversations were with Paul and Laurence the sporting directors. The first conversation was - I can be transparent? A little? - the first meeting was by zoom and I said 'I need to know if I need to convince you or if you need to convince me because if I need to convince give me five minutes and I will put on a nice shirt, shower, aftershave'.

"I think it was a nice conversation from the beginning, they were very honest with me. They showed the plan. The good and not so good things that need to happen before the first of July and then after the first of July. I listened then, then I spoke with the owners in a really good way. I think they are clever people and football always is about being clever and learning from past experience. I feel good. I am not a coach that needs to ask for power, or to ask in my contract to have a clause that says I need to do this.

"Most important I need to show to them to trust in me and the players, and the fans can trust in me, in my decision, in the way we are going to operate, in the way we are going to take decisions, we analyse and judge the situation, they need to believe. One of the challenges, is that people trust my judgement. It's not only to say we sign this coach and then I don't know whether it's right to take a decision from his advice. I need to convince them that they can trust - that is the biggest power you can have. If they can trust, it would mean a lot to me to work in the way I want. At the same time, with all the staff and the people, we need to create our own idea and philosophy because every single club is different.'