BREAKING: Chelsea confirms appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager ⚽
, but the club legend has failed to steady the ship and lost six straight games before beating AFC Bournemouth, with a Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid.
Keen to avoid the mistakes of Potter’s appointment, Chelsea have undertaken a thorough and extensive search to hire his permanent replacement. Julian Nagelsmann was earmarked as the early favourite, but the former Bayern Munich boss pulled out of the running amid concerns over Chelsea’s recruitment strategy.
Burnley’s Vincent Kompany, Celtic’s Ange Postecoglou, Sporting Lisbon’s Ruben Amorim and Carlo Ancelotti were all considered, but Pochettino’s availability and determination to return to the Premier League having missed out on the Manchester United job last summer won out.
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