Pochettino Vows Next Chelsea Striker Will Wear ‘Cursed’ Number 9 Shirt Amid Lukaku Exit Talks
- Chelsea are preparing to host Luton Town at Stamford Bridge, hoping for their first win of the season
- Head coach, Mauricio Pochettino spoke on the much-talked-about 'cursed' number 9 shirt
- The shirt currently belongs to Romelu Lukaku, though he is unassigned as he is expected to leave
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Mauricio Pochettino is taking steps to debunk the claims that Chelsea's number 9 shirt is cursed, as current players avoided it when new season numbers were allocated.
Pochettino took over at Chelseaafter a disastrous 2022/23 season, which included having four managers and finishing 12th — the club's worst position in almost 30 years.
After masterminding an unbeaten pre-season culminating in winning the inaugural Premier League Summer Series, he has had a winless start to the new season and hopes that will change against newly-promoted Luton Town tonight.
Mykhailo Mudryk joined the injury list, with the Blues having nine first-team stars out, including captain Reece James, though Benoit Badiashile and Armando Broja are close to returning.
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Football Pochettino speaks on number 9There is a general feeling around Stamford Bridge that the club's number 9 shirt is cursed, having seen a host of big names fail in the shirt, including Romelu Lukaku, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Fernando Torres, and Alvaro Morata, amongst others.
The last player to be a hit for the club wearing the shirt was Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Academy star Tammy Abrahamdidn't do badly in it, with about 30 goals in two seasons before his departure.
Pochettino believes the shirt is not cursed and that the energy around it has to change He
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