Chelsea Football Club have parted ways with their coach, Mauricio Pochettino.
The English club announced on its official website that “the club and Mauricio Pochettino have mutually agreed to part ways.”
Pochettino, in his first and only season as Chelsea coach, led Chelsea to the sixth position in the just-ended EPL 2023/2024 season.
Pochettino left Chelsea by mutual consent on Tuesday night after a single season in charge, having spent the last two days locked in talks with the club’s dissatisfied hierarchy.
The 52-year-old Argentine was subjected to an internal review – led by co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali and sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart – in the aftermath of their 2-1 win over Bournemouth on the campaign’s final day.
That fifth consecutive Premier League victory confirmed a sixth-placed finish which will carry Chelsea into Europe next season, but ultimately fell short of securing the Champions League football craved by the owners in return for their billion-pound outlay.
Pochettino’s contract, which still had a year to run, has been cut short as a result.
Chelsea insiders say they are now targeting a ‘young, progressive’ head coach as a replacement, with Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna – also wanted by Brighton – one of those under serious consideration.
Pochettino had dinner with co-owner Todd Boehly in London on Friday night but was offered no assurances over what would happen to him after Sunday’s finale.
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