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Chelsea part ways with head coach Mauricio Pochettino after just 11 months in charge.

The 52-year-old returned to the Premier League after an 18-month spell in France with Paris Saint-Germain, looking to turnaround a Blues side wounded following a 12th-placed finish in the 2022-23 season.

Pochettino's Chelsea started slowly but bounced back admirably in the second half of this season to clinch a spot on the continental stage, ending up sixth in the Premier League, just three points behind Tottenham Hotspur in fifth.

The vast majority of the Blues' squad - alongside the head coach - has been in line for criticism at points in the campaign, apart from summer arrival Cole Palmer.

The former Manchester City man was a shining light in a difficult period for Chelsea, finishing with 22 top-flight goals, trailing only Erling Haaland in the Golden Boot race.

According to The Telegraph, Chelsea have parted ways with head coach Pochettino by mutual consent following the conclusion of the 2023-24 campaign.

The report claims that the club's sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart - alongside co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali - told the Argentine boss of the decision late on Tuesday morning.

Pochettino had been involved in a number of meetings with the Chelsea hierarchy on Monday and Tuesday, reviewing the progress on the pitch during the concluded season.

With the 52-year-old leaving the club one year into a two-year contract, he is expected to receive a significant compensation package once the finances are settled.

There is understood to be 'no bad blood' between the two parties, with Chelsea's rise towards the European places in the final stages of the season appreciated by the club.

anonymous1759:
Just like it humbled Pep chest beaters

theredaddy:
I said football enthusiast, emphasis on "Football enthusiast ... stop you using yourself to judge, i have a friend that will tell you players into 2nd league across countries, that you don't know haaland b4 city does not mean everybody no know am

Even as you no get sense and nobody know you ...if chelsea sign you today you don become star .. coach or no coach

Guardiola did not build bryune, haaland or dokku, ... they are ready made the team you play for will decide your popularity,

Nothing i said means Guardiola is not good, ko fii arabale

yomi531:
Made Barca a world power my black Ass. Barca that were champions of Cl in 2006 or which Barca? Even my little bro will win with prime Messi and iniesta. When argument no favor Ap*s like u, u resort to insults. Thunder tumble u der

ndu99:
ogar your cyber bulling will not work with me.

How am i downplaying peps effort when he has the most expensive squad?

bro, any average coach will atleast win a trophy with a squad consist of debryne, halland, b. Silver, rodri, foden, kyle walker, etc.

I bet he will never win any trophy with man u, chelsea,tottenham, except he spends big.

Jokerman:
Erik haggard go surprise una

ndu99:
With man city present squad any D level coach with definately repeat what pep did.

Kukutente23:
Stat ko. Analysis ni

He was already established. That's the fact not any dumb stat.

yomi531:
U made no sense in what u just said. I been dey find u since. I think na u dem dey call Almiron. Come let me lecture u on football 101. U will never regret listening to muah.... U know next to nothing about football. All ur analysis na Pep and barca u dey always hail.

Jokerman:
You failure of a coach Arsene Wenger cannot even chat up to Mou... So you no get talk.

3 Portugal league (on a row)
3 Italian league on a row
3 Premiership
1 Laliga

2 UCL better than any Pep UCL...
2 Europa
1 Conference league

2 trebles with Porto and Inter Milan.

1st Coach to achieve 100 points in a season wey e take pursue Pep from Laliga 😂

How many coaches can boast of this record if not Fergie (GOAT), Pep and Ancelloti?

yomi531:
15 years in management and he has spent over 1.5 billion on transfers. Will I be wrong to say he buys his success? Would he have achieved all these with Athletico in Spain, Dortmund in Germany or Spurs in england A certain Sir Alex did his with a small Aberdeen. The Greatest still remains Ferguson. Yeah yeah.....

Kukutente23:
You sound dumb. De Bruyne was already in man City and an established starter before Pep arrived

theredaddy:
Maybe not popular, they were spectacular in there respective clubs, so if they were spectacular then they are known to football enthusiast, i knew Haaland before he joined city

With or without Guardiola anyone that plays in a team like man city is a "STAR", if you play in chelsea, arsenal, liverpool, man-U you are a star

Kukutente23:
That post is a lie. Wenger couldn't have said such. Apart from the English grammar, De Bruyne was already a star before Guardiola came to Man city. Ake is a Chelsea academy player who played in the ucl many times. Same with Akanji. He was not unknown before he came to City. Rodri played for Atletico before joining City. Is Atletico a small club in Europe? Bernado Silva won the French Ligue with Monaco before joining City and they got to semis of UCL that season and even eliminated same Guardiola in the process. So which kind lie be that one say they are unknown players or "nothing"?

EggSoup:
your head is very empty. Dumbass

ericmor:
Most Nigerians don't know football, na to dey follow follow and make noise dem sabi, that is why APC is punishing them cus they know they are nothing but just noise makers. Best league in the world and a club won 4times consecutively and turn it to farmers league and also they could not make up 5 in champions league and 2 in Europa. Coaches make your league better which guardiola has done to EPL. Even his boy dey follow drag the league to show how talented gaurdiola is

Kukutente23:
If epl is tougher how come the winner of epl is not winning ucl on a steady?
Who is there no epl team in the final

Padipadi:
Yes. Bring Pep's polythene bag of trophies make Ancelotti open his bulletproof portfolio make we see class.
And never in ya life do yeye football analysis again. Cos you're privileged to be supporting Messi, Guardiola and they are winners doesn't make you judge of life. As a matter of fact, your pride is an irritation to Messi.
Eat this n keep quiet.

mentored:
It is not by outspending

Read to UNDERSTAND not to RESPOND


When he go to spain - he goes to Barcelona or MADRID

He goes to Germany - BAYERN

HE will soon go to PSG


All the coaches he has been compared to has brought struggling teams from nothing to champions league winners


DO it like KLOPP - Liverpool was 7th

MOURINHO did it at Porto


MAN U HAS MONEY - He should go and coach them

Kukutente23:
Epl is tougher than ucl? Are you kidding? Fergie has just 2 ucls
Even Guardiola got one ucl in all the seven years he was picking up epl like sand
Even Pep no go gree for dis thing wey you talk

Angelfrost:
Egbon, whether dem lose or hold guard, Pep don already carry that straight 5th!

EPL is now Guardiola's farm!

EggSoup:
Ancelloti is still greater than Guardiola
and also coached a low team like Everton.
Somethingsl Guardiola wouldn't do because of his ego

DeepSight:
My own delight is that that iidiot Jose Mourinho now knows there is one more special than he!

Devaro:
Try what Klopp did then I will rate you the best in the world.