Chelsea has reached an agreement to appoint former Tottenham and Paris St Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino as its manager, Sky Sports and the BBC have reported.
Pochettino will take charge of the club at the end of the season, the reports said, succeeding Frank Lampard who took over as interim manager at Stamford Bridge last month following the sacking of Graham Potter.
Chelsea has lost six of its eight matches under Lampard, leaving the Blues 11th on the table and without European football for next season after its quarter-final exit from the Champions League.
The London club won the Champions League in 2021, but will end this season without any silverware and – despite its new US owners’ huge outlay on players – are stumbling toward its worst campaign since 1993-94 when it finished 14th under Glenn Hoddle.
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Pochettino, who favours a high-pressing and attacking style of play, will be tasked with reviving the team’s fortunes.
The 51-year-old Argentine garnered a reputation for fostering young talent and led Southampton to an eighth-placed finish in his first full season in England before joining Spurs in 2014.
Under Pochettino, Tottenham reached the 2019 Champions League final and became Premier League title contenders as it finished in the top four for four straight seasons from 2015 to 2019 before he was fired.
Pochettino joined PSG in January 2021, winning a French Cup and a Ligue 1 title, but was sacked after failing to deliver in the Champions League.
-Reuters
