Moises Caicedo claims Chelsea are ‘going in the right direction’ and has set out his stall to become a ‘legend’ at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea, who won the Club World Cup last summer, are just ninth in the Premier League ahead of their clash against Nottingham Forest on Monday night.
A run of five successive league defeats without scoring a goal cost Liam Rosenior his job at Stamford Bridge, with Calum McFarlane now in charge of the side until the end of the season.
As well as winning the Club World Cup under former manager Enzo Maresca, Chelsea also qualified for the Champions League and lifted the Conference League trophy.
But Chelsea will go trophyless this season unless they beat Premier League rivals Manchester City in the FA Cup final.
A number of pundits and a large section of fans are concerned by the direction Chelsea are going in on and off the pitch.
Hugely inconsistent form has been matched by some baffling transfer decisions by the Chelsea owners, who purchased the club from Roman Abramovich in 2022.
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But Caicedo insists Chelsea are ‘going in the right direction’ and ‘believes’ major trophies are just around the corner.
Caicedo, who last week put pen to paper on a contract extension keeping him at Stamford Bridge until 2030, said: ‘I believe in this team, this club and I know we’re going in the right direction.
‘We’ve only just begun together. There is still a lot more to achieve, and I’m very hungry to keep improving every day.
‘I want to win more trophies with Chelsea and give everything for this club and for the fans.
‘We have enjoyed some great times together already and my dream is to become a Chelsea legend, and I will work as hard as possible to make that happen.’
Chelsea put their miserable Premier League form to one side last weekend to beat Leeds United in the FA Cup semi-final.
McFarlane will hope to oversee another positive result on Monday night when in-form Nottingham Forest visit Stamford Bridge.
Just five points separates seven teams competing for the remaining European spots and McFarlane wants Chelsea to ‘focus’ on their own job rather than look at the fortunes of other teams.
‘I know people don’t want to hear this because it’s boring, but we just have to focus on the next game,’ said McFarlane.
‘That’s beating Nottingham Forest on Monday, and then beating Liverpool at Anfield and trying to tick them off and win as many games as possible, finish as high up the league as we possibly can.
‘That’s all we can control.’
As McFarlane said, a trip to Anfield awaits Chelsea following their home match against Forest before the Blues meet Man City in the FA Cup final.
Chelsea’s final two games of the season are against relegation-threatened Tottenham and Sunderland.
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