 Mauricio Pochettino has warned Chelsea summer signing Nicolas Jackson over his disciplinary issues with the misfiring striker on the verge of a one-game suspension. The Senegal international has three more yellow cards than he does for his new club, having been booked on four separate occasions for showing dissent. With match officials clamping down on such behaviour, Pochettino insists the 21-year-old must adapt quickly to the demands of a new country and new league. 'Today we were talking about that as we had a meeting with him and also Enzo,' said Pochettino at his pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday's game against Aston Villa. 'A striker, four yellow cards only for talking with the referee. Not because of that, it is so cheap and it is going to bring a difficult situation to the team. He understood. 'Jackson is young, he is going to be a fantastic player. He needs to be calm and relaxed. 'We are talking about young players, you can blame me or blame us but they need time. There's no doubt we have amazing talent but they need time. 'He needs to be clever and not protest to the referees. Maybe it's because it's his normal behaviour on the pitch, this season change the rules, he came from Spain and it's different and the change is more sensitive about this. It is about adapting. 'I hope on Sunday we are not talking about him being clever and first action he is getting a yellow card.'){kind=link}
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Mauricio Pochettino has warned Chelsea summer signing Nicolas Jackson over his disciplinary issues with the misfiring striker on the verge of a one-game suspension.
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The Senegal international has three more yellow cards than he does for his new club, having been booked on four separate occasions for showing dissent.
With match officials clamping down on such behaviour, Pochettino insists the 21-year-old must adapt quickly to the demands of a new country and new league.