{"id":639010,"date":"2024-04-25T12:26:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=639010"},"modified":"2024-04-25T12:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:26:17","slug":"chelsea-stance-pochettino-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/25\/chelsea-stance-pochettino-sacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Stance Revealed on Pochettino Sacking After Humbling Arsenal Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s future at Chelsea looks more uncertain after a heavy defeat against Arsenal on Tuesday. However, the manager hasn\u2019t completely lost the support of the club\u2019s hierarchy.<\/p>\n<h2>Pochettino Future Hangs in Balance After Arsenal Thrashing<\/h2>\n<h3>Another Disappointing Display<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s hopes of finishing the season with a trophy ended with a 1-0 defeat against Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday. Only three days later, Pochettino\u2019s men were up for another heartbreaking defeat, this time a 5-0 loss at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/23\/chelsea-palmer-gusto-chilwell-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">Blues Add \u2018Genius\u2019 Midfielder to Ten-Man Injury List<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea had to play without Cole Palmer, Malo Gusto and Ben Chilwell, who were added to their lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/chelsea-injury-update-ahead-of-arsenal-away\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">injury list<\/a> after the defeat against Manchester City. However, the final result was still unacceptable as Pochettino\u2019s men were dominated by their opponents throughout the second period.<\/p>\n<p>Rumours about a potential sacking have intensified in recent weeks, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4416917\/2023\/04\/17\/chelsea-amorim-phil-jones-everton\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> even suggesting the Blues are actively searching for a new boss. However, the 52-year-old might still have a chance to avoid a sacking after his disappointing debut campaign at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<h3>Keeping Pochettino Still an Option<\/h3>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2024\/04\/24\/mauricio-pochettino-not-safe-beyond-summer-chelsea-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Telegraph<\/a>, Chelsea&#8217;s board is yet to make a final decision on Pochettino\u2019s future. However, the manager still has the backing of a few board members, as there\u2019s still no consensus to fire him this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/23\/fluminense-move-chelsea-thiago-silva\/\" target=\"_self\">Brazilian Club Eyeing Summer Move For \u2018Incredible\u2019 Blues Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Blues are still in the race to secure a European spot next season, something that could be decisive for his future. Renowned journalist Matt Law believes that the board has recognised that keeping the current manager would give the club \u201cmuch-needed stability\u201d after two years of constant change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch<\/strong>: Who Wins The Premier League?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THREE WAY WAR - Who Wins The Premier League?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XQStPx9Lw0?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Worst Time To Sack a Manager<\/h3>\n<p>Reports about Pochettino\u2019s possible sacking have been circulating around throughout the current campaign. However, finding a replacement for him at this stage seems to be more challenging than before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/19\/chelsea-jamal-musiala-transfer-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">Blues Face Stiff Competition From Man City For \u2018Really Exceptional\u2019 Ex-Academy Graduate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A number of top clubs, including Bayern Munich, Liverpool, and possibly Manchester United, are actively scanning the market for managers. The likes of Ruben Amorim and Roberto De Zerbi, both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2024\/mar\/04\/chelsea-consider-amorim-and-de-zerbi-to-replace-mauricio-pochettino\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">linked<\/a> with Chelsea before, are in high demand as interested clubs hope to sign their next managers before the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Praised for his handling of young talents such as Palmer, Nicolas Jackson and Gusto, Pochettino might be given another chance to turn around his disappointing start at Chelsea next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s future at Chelsea looks more uncertain after a heavy defeat against Arsenal on Tuesday. However, the manager hasn\u2019t completely lost the support of the club\u2019s hierarchy. Pochettino Future Hangs in Balance After Arsenal Thrashing Another Disappointing Display Chelsea\u2019s hopes of finishing the season with a trophy ended with a 1-0 defeat against Manchester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":631360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,11,3,7188],"tags":[707],"class_list":["post-639010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfers","category-chelsea","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-maurcio-pochettino"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}