The former Paris Saint-Germain coach signed a three-year contract with the London club on Monday.
Back to his first love. Mauricio Pochettino, who left good memories in England, will return to the Premier League. And not with any club since the Argentinian technician has signed up for Chelsea, for a period of two years, with an option for one year. additionalMonday, May 29.
A year after the arrival of their new American owners, Chelsea turned to Pochettino to restore order in the blue house, after one of the worst seasons in the history of the club. “Mauricio is a world-class coach with an exceptional track record”said in a press release the co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, about the technician, finalist of the Champions League in 2019 with the Spurs.
If Todd Boehly and the Clearlake investment fund have not skimped on the expense, with 600 million euros devoted to recruitment in 12 months, the Blues have indeed completely missed the 2022-2023 financial year, ended at a pitiful 12th place.
And on the bench, the same inconsistency seemed to reign, Thomas Tuchel being fired after just seven games, when the club were 6th, to bring in Graham Potter from Brighton. Hired for a long-term project, he was dismissed in turn at the beginning of April. Since then, Chelsea have been on the hunt for the rare pearl, leaving former local glory, Frank Lampard, to handle the day-to-day business during this time.
Free since leaving Paris Saint-Germain, Pochettino is embarking on a new challenge with the Blues. If the name and the pedigree of the club impose some, the sporting situation of Chelsea is nothing brilliant: the Londoners recorded their worst ranking for 29 years and will not see the European Cup next season. At 51, the former Southampton and Tottenham coach finds himself at the foot of a mountain.