Chelsea caretaker Frank Lampard understands why no manager has been committed to signing for the club so far.
The Blues are yet to name a permanent successor to Graham Potter, who was sacked after replacing Thomas Tuchel earlier this season.
Media reports in the UK and Spain have suggested that Mauricio Pochettino is poised to return to the Premier League and take the job.
Lampard told reporters, Do they [Chelsea] need to take their time to get the right manager?
Yeah, they absolutely should do.
We are at that stage of the season now where we understand that we are not going to get into Europe, and other managers are probably going: 'I'll take a look at this and wait till pre-season when I can enforce what I want to do'.. It's not silly on their part we've got the top four in the run-in and that is going to be a difficult process of games."
