{"id":15266,"date":"2024-05-25T07:20:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T23:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=15266"},"modified":"2024-05-25T12:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T04:05:39","slug":"its-a-mess-pochettinos-eviction-shocks-ex-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/football\/its-a-mess-pochettinos-eviction-shocks-ex-players\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It&#8217;s a mess&#8217;: Manager Pochettino&#8217;s Departure from Chelsea Shocks Ex-Players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea&#8217;s decision to part ways with manager Mauricio Pochettino, 52, on Tuesday has shocked many former players, who believe it could hinder the club&#8217;s efforts to regain their top spot in the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pochettino joined <a href=\"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/football\/club\/chelsea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea <\/a>ahead of the 2023-24 season after the club finished 12th in the previous campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early months of the Argentine&#8217;s tenure were far from smooth as the expensive squad took time to find their rhythm. However, a run of five consecutive wins in their last five league games lifted them to sixth place and secured European football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Chelsea player Craig Burley did not hold back in his assessment of the club&#8217;s decision, calling it a display of a lack of vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s all a bit of a mess, honestly,&#8221; Burley told ESPN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;He wasn&#8217;t without fault this year, but they did finish strong. They (Chelsea) just don&#8217;t have a vision, they&#8217;re stumbling from one manager to the next. There&#8217;s not many managers out there right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Real-time <a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/tag\/football-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Football scores<\/a> and highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enzo Fernandez will play under his FIFTH different manager since arriving at Chelsea in January 2023 \u267b\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xoASAODdVZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xoASAODdVZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1792993772764017081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ex-Chelsea midfielder Gus Poyet said Pochettino&#8217;s exit was hard to understand, telling Sky Sports: &#8220;Everyone close to Chelsea was expecting a great summer and something important for next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;But we don&#8217;t know the inside. I was shocked, I couldn&#8217;t believe it. It was kind of impossible.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Chelsea and France defender Frank Leboeuf said Pochettino&#8217;s departure had thrown the club&#8217;s future into uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a pity, because they&#8217;ve been exceptional for the past few games, but now we don&#8217;t know what we&#8217;re going to face next season,&#8221; Leboeuf told ESPN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We don&#8217;t know where we&#8217;ll go with all these young players. I have doubts that it&#8217;ll be better than it was this season.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea&#8217;s Cole Palmer, named the Premier League&#8217;s young player of the season after a superb campaign, thanked Pochettino in an Instagram post. &#8220;Thank you for everything you have done for me and making my dreams come true. All the best,&#8221; Palmer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to reports in British media, Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna, Sporting Lisbon&#8217;s Ruben Amorim, and ex-Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi are among the leading candidates for the vacant managerial role at Chelsea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea&#8217;s decision to part ways with manager Mauricio Pochettino, 52, on Tuesday has shocked many former players, who believe it could hinder the club&#8217;s efforts to regain their top spot in the Premier League. Pochettino joined Chelsea ahead of the 2023-24 season after the club finished 12th in the previous campaign. 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