Chelsea are not going to win the Premier League in the near future.

That is the opinion of former England winger Joe Cole.

The ex-Chelsea man believes the club are not in a position to challenge for the title at present.

Cole believes that manager Graham Potter has time to build the team in his vision, while he added that even the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson would not win major trophies with the current squad.

Cole told The Sun: “When you come to Chelsea, you have to win games and trophies.

“The club has been built on that in the last 20 years. The fans are used to big games and going to cup finals, so Potter can't just disregard that. It will always be in the background.

“But with so much newness around the club, they seem to have gone away from that immediate success plan that Chelsea are normally associated with.

“This appointment says to me that Chelsea are looking long-term, and it is an intelligent move because the likes of Manchester City are so far ahead.

“You could employ Sir Alex and Brian Clough, all the all-time greats of management together, and they still wouldn't make an immediate impact in chipping away at City, competing for trophies with them.

“It will be a process to do that. it might take years over months, but I like the appointment.

“If you plucked a manager from the 80s or 90s and put him into the dressing room now, it would be a disaster.

"Potter is a modern manager with modern methods and modern ways of connecting with people. I think he is the future.

“If he is allowed to build, with the resources he has got, then he is the right man for the job.

"If you go down a road of stability with good people, eventually you will have success."