Gary Neville has urged Chelsea not to sack Mauricio Pochettino and believes three new signings will be key for the club this summer.<\/p>\n Pochettino has come under fire following an inconsistent first season at Chelsea, who currently sit ninth in the Premier League and 19 points fourth-placed Aston Villa.<\/p>\n Nicolas Jackson has also received heavy criticism for his performances for Chelsea this term, with the 22-year-old, who has scored 13 goals in all competitions this season, guilty of missing several clear-cut chances, most notably in the FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City earlier this month.<\/p>\n But Neville has defended Jackson\u2019s debut campaign at Chelsea and believes the club need to sign a new striker, goalkeeper and central defender to replace Thiago Silva in order to help the team\u2019s progression under Pochettino.<\/p>\n \u2018I actually like Nicolas Jackson, might be an unpopular opinion on here, but I like him,\u2019 said Neville on Sky Sports\u2019 The Gary Neville Podcast.<\/p>\n \u2018I think he has a lot to give, he\u2019s a young player. I think he\u2019s not cost stupid money but it\u2019s his first full season in the Premier League, he\u2019s scored quite a few goals and he keeps going. There\u2019s a lot to be said for that.<\/p>\n \u2018He might not be striker number one but if he was your striker number two or number three in a squad of 18 to 20, you\u2019ll say, \u2018I\u2019ll take that\u2019. So for me, the performance Chelsea put in against Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final that was a hell of a performance. Good, really good.<\/p>\n \u2018And if they had a forward who could finish more consistently than Nicolas Jackson then they would have obviously won the game, and I think that\u2019s what Chelsea\u2019s owners should be looking at. Performance standards are not consistent, they\u2019re awful when they\u2019re awful, but actually their good looks quite exciting and you can see something.<\/p>\n \u2018But they need those two or three players to glue it together. They need really good, experienced signings. They can\u2019t afford to go down the route of eight-year contracts.<\/p>\n \u2018Eight-year contracts are bad in many ways, one because I just don\u2019t think they make sense but they\u2019re actually not good for a young player.<\/p>\n \u2018The money is big as well, if you think you\u2019ve got an eight-year contract as a 21, 22-year-old, the club might think they\u2019re got security over you, but the player thinks, \u2018I\u2019m rich\u2019. And for some that\u2019s a problem, it just affects the mindset.<\/p>\n \u2018If they can get those right three players in at the start of the season \u2013 the striker, the centre-back to replace Thiago Silva and the goalkeeper, I think, as well, those three positions come in.\u2019<\/p>\n When asked if he believes Pochettino deserves more time at Chelsea, Neville replied: \u2018Definitely, I think he\u2019s absolutely the right man to work with young players.<\/p>\n \u2018We\u2019ve seen what we he did at Southampton, bringing players through, developing them. We saw what he did here [at Tottenham] with players.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s interesting, he came up with a really good statement the other night after the Arsenal game, \u2018when we\u2019re bad we\u2019re really bad\u2019, I mean, they are shocking when they\u2019re bad. But do you know something \u2013 their good is good, and you can see the clear deficiencies obviously at both ends of the pitch, particularly at the top end of the pitch.<\/p>\n \u2018I wouldn\u2019t mess with Mauricio Pochettino at all, I think Mauricio Pochettino definitely deserves another transfer window, I think he definitely deserves the idea of completing the jigsaw of the three positions everyone knows are missing.<\/p>\n \u2018I think when he\u2019s got those three players in, maybe four because you need two strikers, I think at that point then we\u2019ll judge Mauricio Pochettino. I think it\u2019s far too early and the reason I say that is I think their performance levels, at times, are very, very good. They hit a good level.\u2019<\/p>\n For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on \n\t \n\t \n\t This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n \t\t\t\t\t![\"Gary](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gary-Neville-on-Mauricio-Pochettino-and-Chelsea-6fa6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=644%2C367\")
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