Mauricio Pochettino: Why the Argentine believes Chelsea is the perfect club for him

Mauricio Pochettino is backmost successful the Premier League.

He becomes proprietor Todd Boehly's 3rd imperishable brag successful the 12 months since helium took power of the nine - and his 4th appointment, counting interim coaches Bruno Saltor and Frank Lampard.

The Argentine arrives astatine Stamford Bridge aft a play of turmoil for the Blues, who person spent £600m since the takeover.

But what Pochettino are the Blues getting? And wherefore has the 51-year-old decided present is the clip to instrumentality - to a nine seemingly successful a messiness - aft astir a twelvemonth retired of the game?

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'He has turned down a fig of clubs since leaving PSG'

Mauricio Pochettino has faced Chelsea 17 times arsenic a manager, winning six matches, drafting 2 and losing nine

Joining Chelsea is not a determination Pochettino has taken lightly; helium has turned down a fig of imaginable suitors since leaving PSG successful July 2022.

There was a accidental helium could person joined them past September erstwhile Thomas Tuchel near but, by then, Chelsea had much oregon little decided to bring successful Graham Potter successful and the attack made to Pochettino by Chelsea seemed half-hearted astatine best.

There are different factors wherefore the accidental feels antithetic this time.

Back then, Chelsea fans were inactive missing Tuchel, who had won the Champions League for the nine little than 3 months aft taking implicit from Frank Lampard.

Pochettino would besides not person been offered arsenic overmuch power arsenic helium is now. If helium learned 1 happening astatine PSG it was that to execute occurrence helium and his squad would request power passim the nine from academy level upwards.

He hasn't been abbreviated of offers since leaving Paris, but nary person ticked arsenic galore boxes arsenic Chelsea have, surely successful this 2nd circular of negotiations with the club.

He was determined to marque definite that helium made the close prime arsenic to his adjacent leader - and initially turned down Boehly's Chelsea until helium was offered much control.

He has received approaches from Benfica, Athletic Bilbao, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest. Sevilla besides made contact, arsenic did Villarreal, Nice and Leeds United.

But aft six consecutive years successful the Champions League, reaching 1 last and 1 semi-final, helium wants to spell to a nine that helium believes volition situation for titles.

He would surely person gone to Manchester United and had spoken to them connected a fewer occasions some earlier and aft Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's departure and was precise disappointed not to get the nod, particularly arsenic helium had the backing from galore astatine the club, not slightest from Sir Alex Ferguson.

Everything astatine Chelsea fits. It is simply a young squad, a thriving academy coupled with a tendency from the owners to bring younker through, a doctrine that is assertive and dynamic with precocious unit and loads of energy.

Much, of course, volition beryllium connected who helium tin bring in, with a request to find a striker intelligibly a main objective. Should Romelu Lukaku negociate to steer wide of injury, helium could good beryllium an option, though helium is going to person to jettison immoderate players earlier contemplating additions to the squad.

'Pochettino is not allowed to beryllium Pochettino' - what happened astatine PSG?

On 5 July 2022, Paris St-Germain and Pochettino went their abstracted ways.

It was a rushed 'marriage', with conscionable 5 days implicit the Christmas play from archetypal interaction to the signing of the declaration backmost successful January 2021, and with the narration ending 18 months later.

Pochettino led PSG to the 2021-22 Ligue 1 title

Three of the 4 incumbents astatine the Parc des Princes anterior to Pochettino (Carlo Ancelotti, Unai Emery and Thomas Tuchel) went connected to triumph European trophies aft leaving the club, truthful it would beryllium excessively elemental to explicate their deficiency of European occurrence connected the managers.

There is inherently a occupation astatine PSG, a nine that seems to spot its coaches predominantly arsenic babysitters to the immense talents their countless riches tin acquire.

This was ever going to frustrate idiosyncratic specified arsenic Pochettino and his team, who dedicate themselves to processing caller endowment portion maximising what is disposable to them, alternatively than spending astir of their clip trying to support superstars happy.

He wants to power his players successful a affirmative mode and use high-tempo, high-energy shot connected the pitch. That was ne'er going to beryllium imaginable successful Paris.

These are things you tin lone bash if you are granted the authorization to bash so. Once it became wide that helium was determination simply to support everything connected an adjacent keel and to guarantee the megastars remained successful their comfortableness zone, past his days were numbered, due to the fact that these are things that person small to bash with coaching.

He besides had to woody with the thorny occupation of being the archetypal manager to person Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Neymar together. The cognition was with 3 of the top players successful the satellite astatine his disposal, they should past triumph everything - it is ne'er arsenic elemental arsenic that.

Back successful November 2021, aft PSG mislaid to Manchester City successful the radical stages of the Champions League, Thierry Henry commented: "Pochettino is not allowed to beryllium Pochettino astatine times with that team."

Witnessing PSG's difficulties since helium left, 1 could reason helium took the squad arsenic acold arsenic helium could bearing successful caput the limitations placed upon him.

In his past season, helium won backmost the French rubric and should person enjoyed a triumph implicit Real Madrid successful the Champions League past 16 - PSG were superior until precocious successful the tie.

Where has helium been since leaving PSG?

Pochettino attended Japan's triumph implicit Spain astatine the 2022 World Cup with Fifa president Gianni Infantino

An onerous and draining play and a fractional astatine PSG near him needing to recharge his batteries.

The immense enjoyment and occupation restitution helium achieved astatine Spurs ended successful sadness, particularly erstwhile 4 months later, the satellite was thrown into lockdown which denied him the accidental to process what had happened to him.

This time, helium has been capable to process things. He returned to Japan, a state helium past visited with Argentina for the 2002 World Cup, lone this clip arsenic a tourer with his family.

Much of his clip is spent travelling betwixt London and Barcelona. He hadn't seen arsenic overmuch of his lad arsenic helium would person liked, chiefly due to the fact that erstwhile helium was astatine PSG, it was intolerable to question and Maurizio was playing for Watford. He has present moved to Gimnastic Tarragona, successful Spain's 3rd tier, and Pochettino gets to spot him play whenever helium can.

While successful Paris, determination were galore periods erstwhile helium could not spot his woman due to the fact that of lockdown restrictions. Much of his beingness was spent successful the cosseted luxury of a five-star hotel.

This latest interruption has near him overmuch fresher.

He has done a batch of coaching masterclasses on with his adjunct Jesus Perez, who volition articulation him astatine Chelsea, arsenic volition first-team manager Miguel D'Agostino, his lad Sebastiano, a sports scientist, and goalkeeping manager Toni Jimenez. The radical are inseparable friends, and each but Sebas person worked unneurotic since Pochettino's clip astatine Espanyol.

He has besides spent overmuch clip helping younger coaches enactment towards their coaching badges, portion learning from their much youthful attack arsenic the crippled continues to evolve.

What volition helium request to bash to win astatine Chelsea?

Pochettino guided Tottenham to their archetypal Champions League last successful 2019

Pochettino is conscious that, dissimilar astatine Espanyol, Southampton and Tottenham, PSG was the archetypal nine wherever helium had not near thing of existent value.

What his clip astatine PSG taught him is helium needs to instrumentality to his essence, with each his passionateness and intensity, not dissimilar to the narration helium enjoyed with his players astatine Spurs.

For that, helium has taken a bully look astatine himself and what helium did incorrect astatine the French club, what helium could person done amended and however helium tin debar making akin mistakes astatine Chelsea.

He needs to person the vigor to beryllium capable to mould players, cognize that the players are listening to him and person the authorization to guarantee that this is happening.

He realises that, astatine Chelsea, helium needs to power the docket arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable - thing helium could not bash astatine PSG.

Pochettino volition besides request to stitchery astir him radical who tin recognize everything astir the club, what makes it tick and however helium tin power matters disconnected the grooming pitch.

And astir importantly, helium needs to get the connection crossed that this volition not beryllium a speedy hole and, much than immense sums of money, what is required astir is time. A twelvemonth volition help. Two years, helium believes, volition warrant the redirection and betterment of this monolithic club.

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