Mauricio Pochettino: Chelsea agree deal to appoint ex-Tottenham boss as new manager

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Chelsea person agreed presumption to marque erstwhile Tottenham brag Mauricio Pochettino their caller manager.

He volition articulation the nine successful the summer, with Frank Lampard remaining arsenic interim manager until the extremity of the season.

Pochettino, who has besides managed Southampton, has been retired of enactment since Paris St-Germain replaced him with Christophe Galtier successful summertime 2022.

The 51-year-old Argentine managed Spurs for 5 years from 2014 and led them to the 2019 Champions League final.

Pochettino volition beryllium Chelsea's sixth imperishable manager successful 5 years, pursuing the sacking of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter earlier this season.

Lampard took interim complaint of the Blues astatine the commencement of April pursuing Potter's dismissal.

Chelsea person had a hard season, losing to Manchester City successful the 3rd circular of some the FA Cup and League Cup.

They besides mislaid to Real Madrid successful the quarter-finals of the Champions League, which ended immoderate viable hopes of them qualifying for Europe adjacent season.

They are presently 11th successful the Premier League, having won conscionable 1 of their past 11 games, losing 8 of them.

Pochettino had been linked with a instrumentality to Tottenham aft they parted institution with Antonio Conte successful March.

He guided Spurs to the League Cup last successful 2015 and a Premier League runners-up spot successful 2016-17, with his broadside missing retired connected winning some to Chelsea.

Following his stint astatine Tottenham, Pochettino took implicit from Tuchel astatine PSG successful January 2021.

The French nine finished 2nd successful Ligue 1 astatine the extremity of the 2021-22 run but did triumph the Coupe de France and the Trophee des Champions, which were the archetypal trophies of Pochettino's managerial career.

Pochettino started his managerial vocation with Espanyol earlier his 16-month spell astatine Southampton.

Pochettino wants a squad fans tin 'fall successful emotion with' - Balague

In April, Spanish shot adept Guillem Balague told BBC's Football Focus that the Argentine was approached successful September arsenic a imaginable replacement for Tuchel, but turned the nine down earlier they appointed Potter.

"It was a antithetic clip wherever I deliberation Chelsea had made up their caput connected Potter, and Pochettino sensed that," said Balague.

"Now it feels similar the nine is acceptable for him. Before, the fans were missing Tuchel, who won them the Champions League the twelvemonth before.

"But the fans and the nine are wanting him to arrive."

Balague believes Pochettino wants to nutrient a squad Chelsea fans tin "fall successful emotion with".

"He wants a squad that presses, that is assertive - helium wants players that cognize they person to combat to get into the starting XI," Balague added.

"He is evidently going to person to trim the squad and those players that enactment volition person to combat for their spot and cognize that thing is guaranteed."

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