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  • Pochettino ready to see Chelsea offload Mendy, Kepa

    Pochettino ready to see Chelsea offload Mendy, Kepa

    Mauricio Pochettino wants a new goalkeeper signed this summer at Chelsea.

    The Argentine has agreed terms over a three-year contract and will be in London this week to put pen to paper. He has been residing in Barcelona since his sacking by PSG at the end of last season.

    Pochettino has already discussed new signings with Chelsea’s co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, who is establishing a positive rapport with.

    The Telegraph says the futures of Edouard Mendy and Kepa Arrizabalaga are in doubt with Pochettinho wanting a new goalkeeper signed.

    He wants at least three new additions made over the summer.

  • EPL: Chelsea set to replace Lampard with Mauricio Pochettino

    EPL: Chelsea set to replace Lampard with Mauricio Pochettino

    Former Tottenham and Paris Saint Germain head coach, Mauricio Pochettino is in line to land Chelsea coaching job.

    Talks between Pochettino and Chelsea’s management has reached an advanced stage and he could be signing the dotted lines any moment from now.

    Should the Argentine land the job he would be joined by his four close confidants at Stamford Bridge.

    According to The Times, Pochettino would be going to Stamford with his assistant and head of conditioning Jesus Perez, first-team coach Miguel D’Agostino, goalkeeper coach, Toni Jimenez and his son, Sebastiano, a sports scientist.

    Perez, D’Agostino and Jimenez have been at the side of the Argentine for most of his managerial career.

    They were with him at Southampton and Tottenham and followed him to Paris Saint-Germain in 2021.

    The Argentine has emerged as favourite to become the new boss at Chelsea and is said to be in advanced talks with the club’s owners.

    His deal to take over from Frank Lampard could be completed as early as this week

    The 51-year-old has been without a job since his sack by PSG last year.

  • Messi is suffering from bad luck – PSG coach, Pochettino

    Messi is suffering from bad luck – PSG coach, Pochettino

    Paris Saint-Germain manager, Mauricio Pochettino, has posited that Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi is suffering from bad luck this current season.

    Recall that Messi pitched his tent with PSG after leaving Barcelona as a free agent.

    The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner has been slammed by PSG fans and the media following a disappointing first season at the Parc des Princes.

    The Argentine captain has scored just four Ligue 1 goals this season and then performed poorly as PSG were eliminated from the Champions League at the hands of Real Madrid in the round of 16.

    “He’s a top-quality player, and I think he’s just suffering from bad luck this season. Unfortunately, with all those posts, he didn’t have the opportunity to score more goals.”

  • PSG finalising sacking of Pochettino after Ligue 1 title

    PSG finalising sacking of Pochettino after Ligue 1 title

    Ligue 1 Champions Paris Saint-Germain are finalising the sacking of manager Mauricio Pochettino after the league title.

    Le Parisien reports that the French club will replace him with Tottenham Hotspur coach, Antonio Conte.

    Pochettino led PSG to the Ligue 1 title on Saturday, following a 1-1 draw with Lens.

    However, despite this, Pochettino has failed to impress since he was appointed in January 2021.

    The Argentine has not delivered the Champions League, which is the trophy PSG want the most and failed to win the league last term.

    PSG have also suffered defeats in the French Cup and French Super Cup this season.

    Pochettino, who has one year left on his current contract, will now be dismissed “imminently”.

    It’s believed the club’s board want him to leave and he’s open to an exit.

    His compensation package would cost €15million.

  • PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino rejects Man Utd job

    PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino rejects Man Utd job

    PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino has turned down a move to Manchester United.

    Sport says Pochettino has already turned down United in hope of landing the Real Madrid job.

    The 49-year-old knows that if experienced boss Carlo Ancelotti fails to win the LaLiga or continue their progress in the Champions League, the job could be his to take.

    Pochettino and Ancelotti are currently going head-to-head in the last-16 of the Champions League with the French side leading 1-0 after the first leg.

    Pochettino, alongside Ajax boss Erik ten Hag, remains among the main contenders to replace current interim boss Ralf Rangnick – although things have become more complicated with Madrid now showing interest.

  • My favourite coach for Man Utd job – Neville

    My favourite coach for Man Utd job – Neville

    Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville says he’d like to see Mauricio Pochettino take charge at Old Trafford.

    Ralf Rangnick is currently caretaker manager to the end of the season.

    Neville told Sky Sports: “I’d like Mauricio Pochettino to be the next manager, because he’s got experience of the league, he plays the right football, it feels like the moment for him to step up, he’s now managing big stars and personalities, which will help him.

    “I’ve always liked him, and loved the way he’s operated. He fits the club, he works with young players well, gets the best out of players, is a good coach, and works people the right way.

    “For me it would be him, but he’s got a job at PSG and if he does well there they won’t let him go.”

  • Alex Ferguson names coach to replace Solskjaer at Man Utd

    Alex Ferguson names coach to replace Solskjaer at Man Utd

    Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson wants Mauricio Pochettino to be the next manager of the football club, should they sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

    Ferguson is said to have advocated for Solskjaer to get a last chance to turn around the team’s fortunes in games against Tottenham, Atalanta, and Manchester City before the international break.

    That is according to reports in the British media over the past few days.

    Now the Daily Star suggests that Pochettino is the man Ferguson wants to succeed Solskjaer, should the Norway coach fail to lift the team in the coming week or two.

    United are also said to have held talks with Italian manager Antonio Conte, who left Inter Milan in the summer after winning Serie A.

    Pochettino is currently in charge at Paris Saint-Germain, but there is some doubt about his position in Paris, given their indifferent performances of late.

  • Incoming Newcastle owners to offer Pochettino bumper deal

    Incoming Newcastle owners to offer Pochettino bumper deal

    Newcastle United’s incoming owners are ready to move for former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino.

    Should the deal go through, it is expected that wholesale changes and investment will be in the offing, including a change in management.

    Sky Sports says boss Steve Bruce is likely to be given until the end of the season by any new owners, however, for the long-term vision of the club, it is likely that change will be sought – with Pochettino one of the names in the frame.

    The Argentine is in fact the club’s first choice, with a £19m-a-year deal thought to be being prepared to entice the former Tottenham boss to Tyneside.

    That figure would make him the third-highest paid manager in the world, with only Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone and Pep Guardiola at Manchester City earning more.