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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.<\/p>\n
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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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
\u2018Today we were talking about that as we had a meeting with him and also Enzo,\u2019 said Pochettino at his pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday\u2019s game against Aston Villa.<\/p>\n
\u2018A 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. <\/p>\n
\u2018Jackson is young, he is going to be a fantastic player. He needs to be calm and relaxed.<\/p>\n
\u2018We are talking about young players, you can blame me or blame us but they need time. There\u2019s no doubt we have amazing talent but they need time.<\/p>\n
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\u2018He needs to be clever and not protest to the referees. Maybe it\u2019s because it\u2019s his normal behaviour on the pitch, this season change the rules, he came from Spain and it\u2019s different and the change is more sensitive about this. It is about adapting.<\/p>\n
\u2018I hope on Sunday we are not talking about him being clever and first action he is getting a yellow card.\u2019<\/p>\n
Jackson\u2019s relentless work ethic has seen Chelsea fans warm to him over the first few weeks of the campaign, but his erratic finishing is clearly a work in progress.<\/p>\n
The pressure of having to shoulder the goalscoring burden appears to be weighing heavily on the former Villarreal star, particularly with Christopher Nkunku out until the new year, but long-term absentee Armando Broja is closing in on a return which will come as a welcome relief for both Jackson and Pochettino.<\/p>\n
\u2018He might be involved at the weekend, but it\u2019s after eight or nine months that he\u2019s been out so we can\u2019t put responsibility on him,\u2019 revealed the Chelsea manager. <\/p>\n
\u2018It must be a collective effort and not just offensive players but the whole team. We can\u2019t expect that Broja will go and score with his first touch, he needs time.\u2019<\/p>\n