Next Chelsea manager: Nagelsmann, Pochettino, Zidane - who should replace Potter?

Julian Nagelsmann is apt to beryllium of involvement to Premier League sides looking for a caller boss

As the play reaches its climax determination are respective big-name, title-winning managers connected the marketplace waiting for their adjacent opportunity.

European shot writer Guillem Balague believes Julian Nagelsmann could beryllium successful the moving for the Stamford Bridge hotseat.

But the German has besides been linked with Tottenham, who person Cristian Stellini successful impermanent complaint until the summertime aft the exit of Antonio Conte.

Leicester, who sacked Brendan Rodgers connected Sunday, are besides connected the lookout for a caller boss, but Champions League jobs could go disposable crossed the continent.

So who are the out-of-work managers hoping for a telephone - and what would they offer?

Julian Nagelsmann

Julian Nagelsmann, inactive lone 35, finds himself retired of enactment for the archetypal clip successful his seven-year managerial vocation aft his caller sacking astatine Bayern.

Nagelsmann turned down an connection from Real Madrid successful 2018 and is apt to beryllium adjacent the apical of the database for immoderate elite squad looking for a caller boss.

He was expected to beryllium a premier campaigner for Tottenham but Balague thinks the Blues are much likely.

Before the quality of Potter's exit, helium said connected BBC Radio 5 Live: "Julian Nagelsmann has a large narration with the proprietor of Chelsea [Todd Boehly].

"Chelsea are looking for a name, a personality, idiosyncratic large capable to woody with what Chelsea has. If they yet determine to get escaped of Graham Potter... I enactment Nagelsmann astatine the apical of that list."

European shot writer Julien Laurens said: "You tin find the Bayern sacking harsh, arsenic they could triumph the treble, but if you look a spot deeper determination were issues, immoderate large ones, connected and disconnected the transportation with the narration with his ain dressing room."

Mauricio Pochettino

Pochettino, 51, did good astatine Espanyol, Southampton and Tottenham - whom helium led to the Champions League last wherever they mislaid to Liverpool - but his lone silverware has been astatine PSG.

He has been retired of enactment since leaving the French broadside past summer.

Balague said: "There's a spread astatine Spurs, possibly helium is connected the shortlist. But I cognize there's been a call, not from [Spurs chairman] Daniel Levy, but indirectly to Pochettino to spot if helium would beryllium blessed to instrumentality the occupation and I deliberation the reply is yes.

"Let's spot if that's capable to person Daniel Levy that Poch should return."

But since Potter's exit, Pochettino has go 1 of the aboriginal favourites for the Chelsea job.

Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique is thought to beryllium funny by a determination to the Premier League

Luis Enrique, 52, won a treble and treble successful his 3 seasons arsenic Barcelona manager.

He near his relation arsenic Spain brag aft their World Cup exit to Morocco - and is different aboriginal frontrunner successful the Chelsea bookmaker odds.

"He says helium lone reads English media," said Balague. "He does privation to determination to the Premier League adjacent but there's a problem.

"There are not galore jobs helium would instrumentality due to the fact that helium lone wants to spell to a squad that tin triumph things oregon bash absorbing things and that does not permission a precise large list."

Zinedine Zidane

Zidane, 50, remains thing of a managerial enigma, contempt being the 2nd astir decorated brag successful European Cup history.

In conscionable 5 years successful complaint of Real Madrid, crossed 2 spells, the France fable won 3 Champions Leagues and 2 Spanish titles - but it is inactive uncertain however helium would bash astatine different team.

Balague said: "Zidane is not successful a rush. He needs to find the close spot to bash his thing.

"That volition either beryllium Real Madrid again, the nationalist broadside of France, Juventus if they call, but if no-one calls that's not a problem."

Antonio Conte

Conte mightiness beryllium connected the marketplace for a caller occupation but is improbable to capable the Chelsea oregon Spurs vacancies, having managed some clubs successful caller times.

Until his caller spell arsenic Tottenham brag - which ended aft helium called his players "selfish" and criticised the club's civilization - Conte was arsenic adjacent to a warrant of occurrence arsenic you could get.

His erstwhile 3 managerial jobs implicit a decennary - Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan - each ended with league titles.

However the 53-year-old astir apt needs a break, having precocious recovered from gallbladder surgery.

Three of his adjacent friends - Spurs fittingness manager Gian Piero Ventrone and erstwhile footballers Sinisa Mihajlovic and Gianluca Vialli - person besides died successful the past six months.

Who other could Chelsea crook to?

Of people Chelsea - who look to person nary shortage of wealth - mightiness crook to 1 of the galore prime managers inactive successful work.

Italian brag Roberto de Zerbi has truly caught the oculus this play since helium replaced Potter astatine Brighton.

The Seagulls are sixth, 5 points supra Chelsea. The 43-year-old has besides impressed with Benevento, Sassuolo and Shakhtar Donetsk - whom helium near apical of the Ukrainian league earlier the penetration of Russia.

Alternatively Chelsea could look conscionable 7 miles down the roadworthy astatine Brentford brag Thomas Frank. The 49-year-old Dane got the Bees promoted from the Championship and they are presently level connected points with Brighton.

Diego Simeone has done a sensational occupation astatine Atletico Madrid since taking implicit successful 2011, winning 2 La Liga titles and reaching 2 Champions League finals.

But astatine immoderate signifier the Argentine volition request a caller challenge. Could this beryllium it?

Or determination is different unemployed brag Chelsea could look at... who utilized to enactment for the club.

Brendan Rodgers, sacked by Leicester hours earlier Potter's exit, was the Blues' reserve brag from 2006 to 2008.

Stranger things person happened.

Or however astir John Terry, one of Chelsea's all-time legends?

The 42-year-old erstwhile captain, who led the nine to 15 trophies, joined Chelsea arsenic a coaching advisor successful 2022 aft leaving his relation arsenic Aston Villa assistant.

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