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      How Chelsea could line up next season with Pochettino combining Lukaku and Felix in deadly new look attack

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      MAURICIO POCHETTINO could set up a deadly new attacking line-up at Chelsea if he is the manager for next season.The Argentine boss is the favourite to take over the reins from interim coach Frank Lampard at the end of the current campaign.
      Mauricio Pochettino is the favourite to become Chelsea’s new managerCredit: PA
      He could hand Romelu Lukaku another chance at Stamford BridgeCredit: Getty
      And pair him in attack with Joao FelixCredit: Getty
      How Chelsea could line up under Mauricio Pochettion
      One of the first jobs, Pochettino will have will be to sort out the club’s misfiring attack.
      He will have Romelu Lukaku, 29, back at the club following the expiry of his loan spell at Inter Milan.
      Talks will be held to try to make him give England another go after his disappointing season under previous Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel.
      Which could see the Belgian international paired with Joao Felix.
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      The Portuguese attacker looks set to stay at the Blues for another season, even without Champions League football.
      Simeone is keen to make the move permanent but Atletico Madrid chiefs want £88m for the Portuguese international.
      Felix, 23, is settled in London and happy to stay but wants assurances from the incoming permanent boss – expected to be Mauricio Pochettino – that he will get game time.
      With that and with Chelsea reluctant to pay the full asking price for Felix, a compromise second loan is likely.
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      It is also thought that Pochettino considers Mykhailo Mudryk and loaned defender Levi Colwill as potential future which could see them given chances in the team.
      Colwill has progressed during his loan spell at Brighton, helping the club challenge for European football next season.
      The youngster has been able to do this while dealing with the change of manager from Graham Potter to Roberto De Zerbi.
      This could see a potential shift in formation with Colwill coming in for Thiago Silva and Mudryk in for Kai Havertz.
      Levi Colwill is thought to be highly rated by PochettinoCredit: Getty
      Mykhailo Mudryk could also be given a more prominent roleCredit: Getty
      An alternative Chelsea line-up under Pochettino
      Pochettino could also hand a chance to Noni Madueke to impress on the right wing.
      The English winger has barely had a look in since his arrival from PSV in January.
      Madueke has only featured six times despite starring in Holland over the previous three seasons.
      Another possibility for Chelsea would be to play a strike partnership with Felix behind the front two.
      And with Harry Kane potentially heading for the exit at Tottenham, it would not be the craziest thing to see Chelsea make a move for him.

      The England captain and Pochettino worked together at Spurs and it would also give him the option to stay living in London.
      This would save Kane the hassle of having to potentially up-root his family to move them up north after being heavily linked with a move to Manchester United.
      Pochettino could push for a reunion with Harry KaneCredit: PA:Press Association
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      Mauricio Pochettino NOT right for Chelsea as he’s lacking ‘winning gene’… he’ll always come up just short

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      FORMER Premier League football chief Simon Jordan believes Mauricio Pochettino will come up “short” at Chelsea as he lacks the “winning gene”.The Argentine is widely expected to be named as the next Chelsea manager.
      Simon Jordan is not convinced about Mauricio PochettinoCredit: talkSPORT
      The ex-Spurs and PSG boss looks set to take charge of ChelseaCredit: PA
      The former Tottenham manager has been locked in talks with Todd Boehly and Co after emerging as the frontrunner for the job.
      Reports have claimed that a verbal agreement has now been struck, with Chelsea hoping to confirm a deal for Pochettino by the end of the week.
      The 51-year-old is currently out of work having left Paris Saint-Germain last summer.
      He is one of Spurs’ most successful and popular managers in recent times – despite failing to win a trophy with the club.
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      He averaged 1.89 points per game – the most for any Tottenham boss in Premier League history with a minimum of 38 Premier League games in charge.
      The ex-Southampton chief capped off his five-year stint at White Hart Lane by leading Spurs to the 2019 Champions League final, where they lost to Liverpool.
      But he was sacked just months later following a poor start to the next campaign before eventually taking over at PSG in January 2021, winning the Coupe de France and Ligue 1 prior to his departure.
      Former England international Danny Murphy believes those experiences at PSG will help him at Stamford Bridge, but ex-Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan insists that Poch lacks something the top managers have.
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      Speaking on TalkSport’s White and Jordan, Murphy said: “I think it’s a great opportunity for him. It’s a wonderful opportunity to get a great bunch of players and mould them into what you want.
      “I spent a bit of time with him in Doha [over the World Cup] and was so impressed by him. He’s a really, really incredible guy in terms of his passion, his football intelligence – it was a pleasure being around him in that respect.
      “I know that doesn’t guarantee success, but it does alter your view about someone.”
      Jordan responded: “I don’t think anyone can doubt that he’s passionate and can bring people with him, but my question about Pochettino is whether he has this tiny little factor that only the top managers have, and it’s something you can’t bottle or distil, it’s this win gene. And I don’t think he has it.”
      Murphy hit back by saying: “He’s got to prove that. The one thing I would suggest to judge him differently on him, is he’d have to be blind and deaf not to learn from his experience at PSG dealing with some of the best players on the planet and how to deal with personalities, which he’ll have to do more at Chelsea than he did as Tottenham manager.
      “At Spurs he had a lot of young players who he could mould and would listen and were more open-earned, but I think at Chelsea there’s going to be bigger names, bigger egos, players how have done more, and his experiences at PSG would have evolved him in man-to-man management.”
      Jordan then added: “He’s also got to overcome elite managers in the Premier League. It’s not just galvanising the squad. We all know Pochettino can make Chelsea contenders, and if they’re satisfied with that, that’s fine.
      “But if they want to win he’s going to have to overcome Guardiola, Klopp and whoever else we think is an elite manager in this league, and that is where I believe he will come up short.” More

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      Mateo Kovacic ‘wants to QUIT Chelsea as former manager Thomas Tuchel plots transfer for Bayern Munich’

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      MATEO KOVACIC reportedly wants to leave Chelsea this summer as former boss Thomas Tuchel eyes him up as a Bayern Munich target.The Croatian midfielder, 28, has started just 15 of the Blues’ 33 Premier League games this season.
      Mateo Kovacic is set to enter the final 12 months of his Chelsea contractCredit: Getty
      Thomas Tuchel took over at Bayern Munich last monthCredit: Getty
      And with Chelsea’s huge squad in need of trimming down, he could be one of the players that makes way.
      According to German outlet Sport1, Kovacic is seeking a way out of Stamford Bridge.
      It is understood that Chelsea would rather sell him to a club outside of England.
      And Tuchel, who coached Kovacic for 20 months during his stint in West London, is thought to be keen on the ex-Real Madrid man.
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      Kovacic claimed Champions League glory under Tuchel at Chelsea.
      He joined the Blues from Real Madrid for £40million in 2019 and has gone on to rack up more than 200 appearances.
      But he will enter the final 12 months of his deal this summer.
      And the club have a plethora of options in the middle of the park including N’Golo Kante, Enzo Fernandez, Conor Gallagher, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Denis Zakaria, Carney Chukwuemeka and Mason Mount.
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      Chelsea are desperately struggling on the pitch and Kovacic may seek a move to play Champions League football.
      The Blues are down in 11th in the Premier League table, 14 points adrift of a European spot.
      And they have lost all five games since interim boss Frank Lampard took over earlier this month.
      Meanwhile, Tuchel came into Bayern in March after Julian Nagelsmann’s dismissal.
      But since then they have fallen off top spot in the Bundesliga and been knocked out of the Champions League by Man City. More

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      Chelsea set to keep Joao Felix next season despite refusing to pay transfer fee as Pochettino eyes Lukaku partnership

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      JOAO FELIX looks set to stay at Chelsea for another year even though the club will not be playing in the Champions League.The Portuguese forward had stressed that qualification for the world’s best club competition would influence his decision on whether to remain in England or go back to Atletico Madrid.
      Joao Felix joined Chelsea on loan in January and could stay next seasonCredit: Getty
      Romelu Lukaku is currently on loan at Inter Milan from the Blues but is set to returnCredit: Reuters
      But the prospect of a further season in the Premier League is emerging as the most likely outcome despite the fact Chelsea will not make the top four.
      Atletico boss Diego Simeone has moved on since Felix left the club during the January transfer window.
      They have won 12 and lost just one of 16 games since the player’s departure on a six month deal to Chelsea paying around £9.7m in fees.
      Simeone is keen to make the move permanent but Atletico chiefs want £88m for the Portuguese international, who has fallen down the pecking order at Chelsea in recent weeks. 
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      He has been on the bench for the last three matches under caretaker boss Frank Lampard. 
      Felix, 23, is settled in London and happy to stay but wants assurances from the incoming permanent boss – expected to be Mauricio Pochettino – that he will get game time.
      With that and with Chelsea reluctant to pay the full asking price for Felix, a compromise second loan is likely.
      That would cost Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly around £18m in fees plus Felix’s wages of around £250k-a-week.
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      Even though Pochettino is some way off formally agreeing to become next Chelsea boss, summer plans for the players are already underway.
      On-loan striker Romelu Lukaku is coming back from Inter Milan and talks will be held to try to make him give England another go after his disappointing season under previous Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel.
      Mauricio Pochettino is set to become the new Chelsea managerCredit: Getty More

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      Harry Kane tipped to make controversial transfer to Chelsea over Man Utd by ex-Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp

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      HARRY KANE making a controversial switch to Chelsea would be a “great move” for the Tottenham striker, according to Harry Redknapp.Spurs talisman Kane is out of contract at the end of next season and has been linked with a summer exit.
      Harry Kane has been linked with a move away from TottenhamCredit: Getty
      Harry Redknapp reckons a potential reunion with Mauricio Pochettino at Chelsea would be a “great move” for KaneCredit: PA
      The 29-year-old is thought to be a target for Manchester United.
      But Redknapp has suggested a controversial switch to Tottenham’s bitter rivals Chelsea could suit Kane instead.
      Mauricio Pochettino, who previously coached Kane at Spurs, is on the verge of joining the Blues as manager.
      When asked about Kane’s future, Redknapp told the Beyond The Pitch podcast: “It will be interesting if Pochettino goes to Chelsea.
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      “That wouldn’t go down very well with the Tottenham fans, that’s for sure. But you never know if Pochettino’s there.
      “I’m sure Harry got on well with him [at Spurs].
      “And it’s a great move for him. I think he’s [Harry Kane] building a new house in that area.
      “He’s a family man and he’d be happier not moving to the north of England or wherever he’d have to go.”
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      Redknapp went on to say he can’t see Kane leaving the Premier League.
      The England captain is on 207 Prem strikes – just 53 behind Alan Shearer’s all-time record.
      And Redknapp reckons Kane could even end up penning a new deal and staying at Spurs, where has has been since the age of 11.
      Redknapp concluded: “I’ve personally got a feeling he’ll stay and sign a new contract. I may be wrong but I think he could stay at Tottenham.”
      That is the same view as Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher, who doesn’t believe Spurs chairman Daniel Levy will accept a bid for Kane this summer.
      The Tottenham chief previously rebuffed Manchester City’s approach for Kane in the summer of 2021. More

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      How Chelsea can save a small fortune by hiring Mauricio Pochettino to save Blues’ sinking ship

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      CHELSEA look set to save some serious cash in their bid to land Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager. Pochettino has been out of a job ever since being sacked by Paris Saint-Germain in June and is the frontrunner to become Graham Potter’s permanent successor.
      Chelsea are set to save some serious cash in their bid to sign Mauricio PochettinoCredit: Getty
      Chelsea won’t have to pay any agent fees as Pochettino represents himselfCredit: Getty
      According to the Telegraph, the Argentinean tactician is not using a representative to negotiate his deal with the Blues, which means owner Todd Boehly won’t have to pay any agent fees.
      The ex-Tottenham boss hasn’t hired any reps and is leading talks alongside his assistant Jesus Perez.
      However, the final draft will be checked by a lawyer of Pochettino’s choosing.
      The former Southampton boss will personally negotiate the length and value of his deal and thus Chelsea are set to save a huge amount in this appointment.
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      A deal between the two parties could be finalised by the end of the week or early next week.
      Pochettino is expected to take over alongside his assistant Perez and three other members of his coaching staff.
      That includes Miguel D’Agostino, Toni Jimenez and his own son Sebastiano Pochettino.
      The former PSG boss is expected to have a strong hand in negotiations after Chelsea’s fifth successive defeat across all competitions.
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      The West Londoners’ latest loss came at the hands of Brentford, who won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
      Chelsea have now plummeted to 11th place and are in desperate need of an elite manager to take over ahead of next season.
      Caretaker boss Frank Lampard has lost all of his five matches ever since taking over earlier this month.
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      Pochettino ‘targeting TWO Brentford stars to kickstart Chelsea rebuild and makes new No6 his top transfer priority’

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      MAURICIO POCHETTINO has already got transfer plans in the works as he targets two Brentford players and a new deep-lying midfielder, reports say. The Argentine, who is widely expected to be named as the next Chelsea manager, could oversee a summer squad overhaul.
      Ivan Toney could likely heal Chelsea’s goal issuesCredit: Getty
      David Raya has been linked to Stamford Bridge as Chelsea look to solve their issues in between the sticksCredit: Getty
      Mateo Kovacic is believed to be among those who could leave West London this summerCredit: Alamy
      The Blues are likely to shift some players from their bloated squad while their new boss will likely want to bring in some names of his own.
      Two of the stars Chelsea have been linked to come from West London rivals Brentford who triumphed at Stamford Bridge yesterday.

      Ivan Toney, the third-highest scoring in the player in the Premier League this season, is believed to be of interest to the goal-shy Blues.
      The 27-year-old has been a revelation for Brentford and has enjoyed a rapid climb up from the lower leagues of English football in a short space of time.
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      He has 19 goals in the league this campaign, behind only Erling Haaland with 33 and Harry Kane with 24.
      Chelsea’s scoring issues has been among the biggest problems they have had throughout this entire campaign.
      Football London reports that the Brentford keeper David Raya could also be targeted.
      No.1 has also been a problem position for Chelsea as mistakes have crept back into Kepa Arrizabalaga’s game while Edouard Mendy was dropped earlier this season.
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      Meanwhile, Bild reports that Chelsea may let Mateo Kovacic join Bayern Munich as speculation links the midfielder with a move to Bavaria.
      The midfielder’s former boss Thomas Tuchel is believed to still be keen on the Croatian.
      Any potential departure has left Pochettino believing the no.6 position is a “priority”, according to reports. More

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      Fans in hysterics as damning Chelsea stat flashes up on the TV and shows just how bad they’ve been this season

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      FANS have been left in hysterics after a BT Sport stat underlined just how dreadful Chelsea’s season has been. The Blues lost again last night to west London rivals Brentford as their appalling season continued to head south.
      Chelsea have scored one goals in their last seven games in all competitionsCredit: PA

      It is now five defeats for Chelsea with Frank Lampard also losing all five games of his reign.
      But a simple stat from the night before seemed to emphasise just how bad things have become – and fans could barely believe their eyes.
      A day before the Chelsea game, Leeds were taking on Leicester in a huge relegation at Elland Road.
      With the Foxes leading in the second-half, broadcasters BT Sport produced a graphic showing that both sides had the potential for goals.
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      Despite their struggles this season, Leicester and Leeds sat top of the charts for most amount of goals by bottom-half Prem sides.
      And it did not take long for fans on Twitter to spot the most interesting element of that stat.
      Chelsea were only sixth on the list of most goals by bottom-half sides, underlining their severe scoring issues.
      And is if that wasn’t enough, their entire team has fewer goals than Manchester City’s Erling Haaland alone.
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      Kai Havertz is Chelsea’s top scorer in the league with seven goals
      Blues fans were left to despair but rival supporters could not hide their glee.
      One tweeted: “What’s even funnier, is Chelsea being at the bottom of this graphic, after spending £600m on players and £100m replacing managers.”
      Another added: “It’s even funnier that they only just scraped enough goals to be in it.”
      And another joked: “Frank Lampard guiding Chelsea back to the top six!”
      Nottingham Forest’s three goals last night mean they now trail Chelsea by just a single strike.
      This is particularly incredible given they have just seven goals away from home all season.
      Chelsea only have six goals more than the league’s lowest scorers Everton. More