Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink claims that Jose Mourinho is under more pressure to deliver the Premier League title at Tottenham than Frank Lampard is at Chelsea.
The Blues will host Tottenham in the Premier League this weekend as both teams look to earn early bragging rights over the other.
Spurs ended last weekend as the top team in the Premier League and they are only behind Liverpool by a point after the Reds drew 1-1 against Brighton this afternoon.
A win for Spurs will send them two points clear at the top of the table, but Chelsea is also having a good season after they splashed more than 200m euros in the last transfer window.
Despite their significant outlay, Hasselbaink thinks that it is not yet time for Chelsea to be expected to win the Premier League.
He, however, thinks that Spurs have to challenge for the title, else they will have underachieved.
He told Sky Sports: “As a squad, if [Tottenham] are not winning, or close to winning, the league this year then I think they will have underachieved.
“I think Chelsea doesn’t need to win it. Frank is not there yet. If they win it of course they will take it with two hands.
“But it’s only Frank’s second year, we all know what happened last year. He had to come in and let the youngsters play and he did magnificently.
“They have spent a lot of money, but he is building for the future. In that aspect Spurs are a little bit further than Chelsea.”
Agreed. Think top 4 as a MINIMUM this season should be their objective.
Just think Hasselbaink is talking out of his cat-flap to suggest THFC will underachieve not to win PL.
Chelsea’s wins this season in the PL were against Newcastle 12th place ,C Palace 15th, Brighton 16th , Burnley 18th and Sheff Utd 20th. Plus 3 draws against Shampton 5th place Man Utd 13th & WBA 17th. Lost to Liverpool Total =18pts They Still have to play 7 teams out of the top 10 {Spurs,Leicester,Everton,Aston Villa,Man City,West Ham,& Wolves ) plus Leeds Arsenal & Fulham.
I don’t think real pressure (read: “are you going to be sacked?” pressure) will be put on Lampard until next season, however much they spent.
They’ll expect CL qualification but beyond that he’ll be given time.
Lampard spent £230m in the transfer window, surely that amount of money should be delivering a return come May?