After a disappointing season in the Premier League, the management of the London club “Chelsea” has chosen the Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino to replace Frank Lampard, who is performing duties.

Mauricio Pochettino, the new manager of Chelsea

The 51-year-old is returning to the Premier League three-and-a-half years after being sacked by Tottenham.

“Mauricio is a world-class coach with an exceptional track record,” co-owners Todd Boley and Behdad Egbali said in a statement.

Relegated from all cups, Chelsea finished in a miserable 12th place in the Premier League, a far cry from the usual standards of a team that won the Champions League twice, most recently in 2021. Therefore, Pochettino will have to start from scratch and only at the national level. stage, the team did not qualify for any European competition.

Businessman Todd Boley and investment fund Clearlake have spent more than €600 million in the past two trading periods, but this transfer strategy, based mainly on young players with great potential, has not been consistent.

Pochettino, who has been without a club since parting ways with PSG in July 2022, will replace Frank Lampard, a club legend as a player who had a disastrous record as a caretaker. The Londoners started the season with Thomas Tuchel on the technical bench, who was replaced by Graham Potter in September, reports Agerpres.

A former defender for the Argentina national team and the likes of Espanyol, Barcelona and PSG, Pochettino distinguished himself as manager of Tottenham, with whom he was runner-up in England in 2017 and played in the Champions League final in 2019. , losing to Liverpool. With PSG, he became the champion of France in 2022.