{"id":640038,"date":"2024-05-22T10:19:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T14:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=640038"},"modified":"2024-05-22T10:19:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T14:19:08","slug":"chelsea-shortlist-replace-mauricio-pochettino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/22\/chelsea-shortlist-replace-mauricio-pochettino\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Shortlist To Replace Mauricio Pochettino Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are considering five managers as possible names to replace Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentine manager will leave Stamford Bridge after less than 11 months in charge.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Will Replace Mauricio Pochettino at Chelsea?<\/h2>\n<h3>No Late Salvation<\/h3>\n<p>The decision to sack the manager comes after sticking with him through a tumultuous campaign where there were some extremely poor runs of form. It took the Argentine boss almost the entire season to deliver a consistent run of good results, but the team\u2019s decent end to the term wasn\u2019t enough to save his job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/07\/chelsea-antonio-conte-return-links\/\" target=\"_self\">Fabrizio Romano Dismisses Blues Links With Former Coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea secured European football for the next season thanks to an impressive run of eight victories and four draws in 13 league matches from the start of March. The Blues\u2019 improved form intensified rumours about a potential decision to keep Pochettino. However, on Tuesday night, Chelsea officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/club-statement-mauricio-pochettino\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> the Argentine manager\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n<p>The club will now look to appoint a new boss as they prepare for the next campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea\u2019s Manager Short-List<\/h3>\n<p>In recent months, a host of managers from across Europe have been linked with a summer move to Chelsea. The likes of Ruben Amorim and Roberto De Zerbi have come closer than others to <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\">replacing<\/a> Pochettino.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2024\/05\/21\/mauricio-pochettino-leaves-chelsea-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telegraph<\/a> have named Girona\u2019s <strong>Michel<\/strong>, Ipswich Town\u2019s <strong>Kieran McKenna<\/strong>, Leicester City\u2019s <strong>Enzo Maresca<\/strong>, and Stuttgart\u2019s <strong>Sebastian Hoeness<\/strong> as the candidates to take charge at Stamford Bridge ahead of the next season. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1793254888534651010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, Brentford manager <strong>Thomas Frank<\/strong> is also on the list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/15\/chelsea-set-to-submit-new-estevao-willian-offer\/\" target=\"_self\">Blues Prepare New Offer To Make \u2018Out-Of-This-World\u2019 Forward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notably, the short-list doesn\u2019t include <strong>Thomas Tuchel<\/strong>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/thomas-tuchel-bayern-munich-manchester-united-b2546759.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> his departure from Bayern Munich last week. The former Chelsea manager is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/39995209\/tuchel-eyes-premier-league-job-amid-barca-interest-source#:~:text=Bayern%20Munich%20manager%20Thomas%20Tuchel&#039;s,semifinals%20of%20the%20Champions%20League.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> prioritizing a move back to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues could face competition for their desired managerial targets from other elite sides this summer. Bayern Munich are searching for a new manager, while the likes of Manchester United and Barcelona could also enter the market for new managers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are considering five managers as possible names to replace Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentine manager will leave Stamford Bridge after less than 11 months in charge. Who Will Replace Mauricio Pochettino at Chelsea? No Late Salvation The decision to sack the manager comes after sticking with him through a tumultuous campaign where there were some [&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":[11,30,3,7188,28],"tags":[258],"class_list":["post-640038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-news","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-transfers","tag-mauricio-pochettino"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640038","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=640038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640038\/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=640038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}