Mauricio Pochettino, the former manager of Tottenham, has signed a contract to become Chelsea's new head coach.
Since dismissing Graham Potter on April 2, Chelsea has been looking for a new head coach; Frank Lampard will serve as interim manager till the end of the current campaign; while former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has been jobless since being fired by Paris Saint-Germain last summer.
At the conclusion of current season, the 51-year-old Argentine will succeed interim manager Frank Lampard. He was fired by Chelsea's London rivals Spurs in November 2019 and is expected to make a comeback to the Premier League.
Graham Potter, who was fired at the beginning of April after less than seven months in charge, will be permanently succeeded by Pochettino.
Chelsea is in the bottom half of the Premier League, will finish the season without a trophy, and will not participate in European competition next season despite spending £600 million in the last two transfer windows.
Since being fired by Paris Saint-Germain last summer after 18 months in charge of the French team, where he had led them to the Ligue 1 championship in 2022 and the French Cup the year before, Pochettino has been jobless.
From May 2014, the ex-Espanyol manager headed Spurs for five years, however he failed to bring home a trophy for the north London side.
He also led them to the 2015 League Cup final, a second-place finish in the 2016–17 Premier League season, and the 2019 Champions League final, which they lost to Liverpool in. Chelsea won both championships.
