The Chelsea FC has his dream coach for the coming season in the Premier League found. Mauricio Pochettino is supposed to lead the “Blues” back to the top, he will succeed Graham Potter and Frank Lampard as an interim solution. As the English twelfth in the table announced on Monday (May 29, 2023), the 51-year-old has signed a two-year contract with the option for the club to extend it by a further year.
Pochettino follows Lampard on July 1. “We’re delighted that Mauricio is coming to Chelsea. Mauricio is a world-class coach with an excellent track recordTeam owners Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali, Jose E. Feliciano, Mark Walter and Hansjörg Wyss said in a joint statement.
Since separating from Potter in early April, the “Blues” have been looking for a permanent successor. The hapless Lampard was the third Chelsea coach in the 2022/23 season after the new owners around the US entrepreneur Boehly initially put Thomas Tuchel on leave. After a disastrous season, Chelsea are absent from any European competition next season.
Nagelsmann was also a candidate
Pochettino, who played in the Premier League FC Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur had trained since leaving Paris Saint Germain last summer without a job. He was considered the favorite to take over as London manager after Chelsea held unsuccessful talks with ex-Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann and former Barcelona and Spain coach Luis Enrique.
