The Argentine coach did not get enough lift and he says goodbye to the Premier

Mauricio Pochettino he stopped being the coach of the Chelsea after his first season at the London club. In this way, the Argentine coach says goodbye to the Premier Leaguewhere he was far from the top but managed to qualify for the Conference League after a weak start.

Pochettino, 52, arrived at Chelsea at the start of the 2023/2024 season to try to rescue an institution plunged into a total crisis product of million-dollar investments in football player transfers and catastrophic results in sports since the arrival of its new owner, the magnate Todd Boehlywho bought the club after the controversial departure of its previous owner, Russian businessman Roman Abramovich.

Poche’s return to the Premierwhere he had led Tottenham Hotspurs with great success for six consecutive seasons, was very auspicious but the Argentine coach had a hard time turning around the team, which was never up to par with the fight that took place at the top of the table. and fought to the end in the FA Cupfalling in the semi-finals against the almighty Manchester City.

A strong mentality in recent weeks and a certain consistency allowed Chelsea to win five games in a row to recover some positions in the championship and finish the competition in sixth place, a position that will allow them to return to an international tournament, participating in the next Conference League.

According to reports from England, Pochettino and the Chelsea board of directors, headed by Boehly, met in the last few hours and the conclusion was that the best thing was to discontinue the coach’s services by a decision “by mutual agreement”, as they describe it. in London.

After the 2-1 victory against Bournemouth and qualification for the Conference League (leaving behind two other heavyweights such as Manchester United and Newcastle), the former Argentine National Team footballer had shown signs of wanting to continue clinging to his position, convinced that I had already done the hard work of rescue Chelsea of the institutional chaos in which it found itself.

The one born in Murphy, province of Santa Fe, had no shortage of reasons to have faith: he arrived at a club that had only garnered 44 points in the previous league (finished in 12th place) and with it he ended up adding 63, almost twenty more. Furthermore, the squad, with Enzo Fernández At the head, he had expressed his confidence in the work he had been doing.

Everything came to nothing, and Chelsea is already looking for a replacement, who could be the consecrated Thomas Tuchel, who left a very pleasant memory after being champion of Europe and the world a couple of years ago, and has just slammed the door at Bayern Munich. Another candidate with fewer scrolls but who is considered a bet is the Portuguese Ruben Amorimgreat job at Sporting Lisbon.

“On behalf of everyone at Chelsea, we would like to express our gratitude to Mauricio for his service this season. He will be welcome back to Stamford Bridge at any time and we wish him all the best in his future coaching career,” reads the brief statement from Chelsea to announce his departure, signed by sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley.

“Thank you to Chelsea’s ownership group and sporting directors for the opportunity to be part of this football club’s history. The club is now well positioned to continue advancing in the Premier League and Europe in the coming years,” the club reported. , quoting Pochettino.

In this way, Poche joins the list of coaches released for a European summer market in which there are several clubs that need a coach. It is worth remembering that before this sober stint at Chelsea, the Argentine had directed the team for a year Paris Saint Germainwhere he had the presence of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar Jr. and also had to say goodbye in advance after not meeting the expectations that had been raised.