John Terry is urging Chelsea owners to be “patient” with Mauricio Pochettino and claims he “loves the way the Blues manager works” as a question mark hangs over his future in west London.

John Terry has praised Mauricio Pochettino amid questions over the Argentine’s future at Chelsea.

The Blues have had a mixed season under the former Tottenham boss, but Pochettino’s methods are starting to bear fruit as their campaign draws to a close.

After recording back-to-back wins against Spurs and West Ham, the club is tipped for the Europa League places after a season away from European competition.

But even though the season could end on a high, speculation remains rife over whether next season’s version of the west London side will be led by their current manager for a second term.

But for Terry, who worked as assistant manager under Dean Smith at Aston Villa and Leicester City and currently works as an academy coach at the Blues’ Cobham training ground, the decision to stick with Pochettino is a no-brainer.

The Argentine coach is enjoying an improvement as the season comes to a close this month.

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“I think (Pochettino) has done well,” Terry told the Mirror while taking part in Help padel. “It was always going to be difficult from the beginning; we were a very young group of players from the beginning.”

“There were many signings and a big liquidation in the summer not only of players but also of staff. There was a big change and obviously Poch is new at the door.

‘I’ve seen him work, I love the way he works, I love the way he is with the players. It certainly needs a little time.

“And I think we’ve seen that in recent weeks, the best performances we’ve seen, the players growing into their roles and feeling like they belong at Chelsea too. That will take time too and I think we need to be patient. I think every club needs stability .

“We have been very lucky at Chelsea. For 20 years we have been successful year after year after year. We have a young team and it seems like we have some really good players at the moment who can grow in their roles. Hopefully next season will be better “.

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Pochettino is believed to have strong support from his dressing room, who are advocating for him to continue into the summer.

It remains to be seen whether Pochettino will be given time to develop at Stamford Bridge, but co-owner Todd Boehly gave his initial verdict on the season this week.

Speaking at a Sportico event, Boehly praised the recent performances as “really beautiful” and “very fluid.”

“You could really start to see what we were working on together,” Boehly continued. “Our goal is obviously to win. And the comments have changed in the last two and a half games.

“I’ve never seen anything change as quickly as the outlook in a team’s performance.”

But the former Paris Saint-Germain could still be tired of the threat of dismissal looming over his position, and on Friday he hinted that he and his staff could also resign at the end of the season.

Co-owner Todd Boehly praised the team’s “beautiful football” last week.

But Pochettino said he could be the one who decides to leave the club this summer.

“It’s not just about whether the owners are happy or the sporting directors are happy,” he said in his press conference before facing Nottingham Forest on Saturday. ‘If we are happy, you need to ask us too.

‘It won’t be the first time that a coaching staff decides at the end of the season not to move forward. But understand that it is always the other way around: always the owners or the sports director.

“There are two parties that can make a decision.”