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MAURICIO POCHETTINO has signed on the dotted line to become the new Chelsea manager.Pochettino inherits a club in desperate need off attention after a disastrous season.
Mauricio Pochettino will be Chelsea’s next permanent managerCredit: Getty
The ex-Tottenham manager has signed a deal for up to three years. 
He will not start work officially until July 1 because he is still running down his contract with Paris Saint-Germain who sacked the Argentine last July.
He is also taking charge of the World XI for next month’s Soccer Aid charity football match at Old Trafford.
But Pochettino has been tracking developments with the Chelsea team, watching games and drawing up assessments of what he needs to do to turn the failing squad around.
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Caretaker boss Frank Lampard is signing off today after stepping in as caretaker boss – the fourth man to pick the team this season.
But results have been dreadful and the players have failed to respond and Chelsea are condemned to a bottom half finish in the Premier League to mark the end of American financier Todd Boehly’s dramatic first year as chairman.

Around £600million has been invested in a record-breaking transfer spend.
At one point there were 33 senior players listed in the first team squad in the club’s official website.
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Frank Lampard has lost eight of his ten games in charge of Chelsea this seasonCredit: Getty
Confirmation of Pochettino’s arrival as the new head coach is expected within 24 hours.
The Argentine is likely to bring his usual backroom staff with him to Stamford Bridge.
His coaching team comprises of assistant boss Jesus Perez, as well as Toni Jimenez, Miguel D’Agostino and son Sebastiano.
Pochettino managed Chelsea’s London rivals Spurs between 2014 and 2019 – reaching the Champions League final in his final full season in charge.
He subsequently spent 18 months at PSG, winning the Ligue 1 title, Coupe de France and Trophee des Champions during his time in the French capital.
Lampard, meanwhile, will bring his disastrous Stamford Bridge return to a close this afternoon.
The Blues host Newcastle, and could potentially rise to 11th with a win.
Their caretaker boss and all-time leading scorer Lamps has won just one of his ten matches in charge this season – losing eight.
Ahead of his third Chelsea departure, Lampard said: “I will never feel like I am saying goodbye to the fans.
“It will be the end of season and the end of my time back but normally when you leave a club you don’t have a hurrah as a manager. You are in one day, out the next and that’s fine.
“When you take on a managerial career it doesn’t mean you will be at a club you had 13 years at as a player forever.
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“I certainly do appreciate the fans’ support on Sunday.
“More than anything I would love to give them a performance to take away for the summer and feel a bit more positive about.”
Pochettino is expected to be assisted by former Spurs No2 Jesus PerezCredit: Reuters More

MIKEL ARTETA has sent a message to Arsenal fans ahead of the club’s final Premier League game of the season.The Gunners are set to finish second in the table following an intense title race against Manchester City, who cemented their spot at the top last weekend.
The Gunners are set to finish second in the Premier League tableCredit: Getty
Arteta gave a passionate speech about Arsenal’s seasonCredit: Twitter @Arsenal

But despite falling short of silverware this season, Arteta has heaped praise on his players for their efforts.
In a touching video posted on all of Arsenal’s social media pages, the Spaniard said: “Throughout my time here, I saw our club returning.
“Returning to a feeling we have all missed, because there is something special behind us. This is togetherness.
“So I want to thank you – all of you. Thank you to our players, who faced the season with passion and determination. When I watch our men and women training every single day, I can feel how much they want to deliver for this football club.
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“Thank you to everyone working alongside them. All together, doing what they believe is right. You cannot imagine how much it helps the players, how much belief it gives them.”
Arteta was also keen to applaud Arsenal fans for their support over the last nine months.

He added: “And thank you to all our supporters, everywhere. Without you, it doesn’t make any sense what we do. You are our energy, you are living the game with us. You always have been in our attitude, in our self-belief. In the demands that push each other to seek excellence.
“So that’s what we all must do. Demand more from each other. Support each other. Be connected in every action, in every win, in every single ball.
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“Now we focus on what’s in front, and if we keep moving forwards, we can achieve anything. Because we know what’s behind this club, behind this feeling.
“This is our Arsenal.”
The video, which follows Arteta as he walks around an empty Emirates Stadium, generated an overwhelming response from Arsenal fans, with many claiming that it made them emotional.
One person tweeted: “Crying watching this…”
Another simply added: “Goosebumps.”
A third wrote: “No word of a lie I welled up at this, totally welled up….”
A fourth claimed: “This man transformed our club just like how Arsene Wenger did. This season, we can proudly say we’ve got our Arsenal back.”
While another added: “Who is cutting onions?”
Arsenal spent over 90 per cent of the season at the top of the Premier League table before they were overtaken by Man City.
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The Gunners now sit eight points adrift of the league champions going into the final day.
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ANDY COLE “doesn’t give a f***” that Erling Haaland has broken his Premier League goal record.The 51-year-old’s tally of 34 strikes in the 1993-94 season had only ever been equalled by Alan Shearer the following year – until Haaland came along.
Andy Cole scored 34 goals during the 1993-94 seasonCredit: Getty
Erling Haaland has scored 36 goals in 35 Prem appearances so far this termCredit: AFP
The Manchester City striker has plundered 36 goals in 35 Premier League appearances this term to date, smashing Cole and Shearer’s record in fewer games.
Quizzed by the Mail over how it feels to have his record finally broken after 19 years, Cole said: “I couldn’t give a f***.

“I’m being honest. I am not anal in any way, shape or form about someone breaking goal-scoring records because records are set to be broken.
“Now, some people might be p***ed. But people say I must be disappointed. Why?
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“Because someone has scored more goals than me? It’s taken 20 years for someone to get that close.
“Am I going to rock myself to sleep and think, Oh God, someone has broken my record?
“No, I’ll take my hat off to him. I’ll salute him. He’s done it in a team that creates chance after chance.
“At some stage, your record’s going to be broken.”
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Cole is not bothered by Haaland beating his recordCredit: The Sun
Cole scored his 34 goals in 40 appearances during the 1993-94 campaign – when the Prem still had a 42 game season.
Shearer, meanwhile, took the full 42 matches to bag his 34 goals during 1994-95.
Haaland’s remarkable campaign has seen him become the first star to ever win the Premier League’s Player and Young Player of the Year awards in the same season.
And he can add these to his Football Writer’s award earned earlier this month.
Speaking to the FWA upon receiving the gong, Haaland, 22, said: “I feel good, it’s a special moment.
“I expected to do good things but, to do this, I didn’t expect.”
Shearer bagged 34 goals in 42 Prem appearances during 1994-95Credit: Getty More

ROCKING up to Scott McTominay’s house and have him make dinner for you sounds like the dream for any teenage Manchester United fan.But for Zack Ditchett, it was his first day at work.
Zack Ditchett cleans cars for a host of Manchester United starsCredit: Zenpix
The Mancunian has set up his own businessCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
Scott McTominay has been super supportive of the youngsterCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
Zack gets to work on a lot of incredible motorsCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
The Mancunian kid has now set up his own business cleaning, valeting, polishing and detailing cars – and McTominay is one of Dirt2Clean’s most-famous and long-standing clients.
But on his first outing to McTominay’s house as a fresh-faced 13-year-old coming out of the first Covid lockdown, it was Zack who got the A-list treatment from the Premier League footballer.
He told SunSport: “You can imagine how surreal it felt it to be doing his car at 13. He trusted me.
“My mum took me, he came out and met me and made me some pasta. I had no idea footballers were so nice.
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“Scott is one of the best lads, a proper genuine guy.
“I go to his house every week or two, we’ll have a game of golf out the back.
“I’m comfortable with him, I almost don’t see him as a client. We’ve got a friendship.
“He gives me advice, we have a laugh. I do a lot of work for Scott, he likes his cars! At the minute he’s got a Mercedes GLE 63S, a brand-new Range Rover and an Audi RS6.
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“He will call me and let me know what needs doing. He messages me saying, ‘You hero. You’re the man.’ He loves the job I do.
“At the start, I felt quite a lot of pressure but now I know I do a good job.”
Zack grew up in West Manchester but was involved in a shocking car accident aged just ten when his seatbelt snapped out in a collision and he flew head-first into the windscreen.
He needed counselling to help recover from the trauma and was “scared” to get back in cars, instead choosing to walk whenever possible.
It is almost ironic, then, that he now spends his life in and around cars, making them look absolutely perfect.
And absolutely perfect is a guarantee for any Dirt2Clean client – for Zack has OCD and it was that need for everything to be spotless that led him into his business venture.
He explained: “I’ve got obsessive compulsive disorder so I’ve always loved cleaning since I was a kid. Everything’s got to be spot on.
“The house would never be dirty because since I was six I was cleaning all day, I would clean my room, make my bed, hoovering.
“Every time I got out of the car, I would get a little hoover and hoover it. Mum got me a car-cleaning kit one Christmas. That’s where it all stemmed from.
The Lamborghini Urus is the perfect blend of supercar and 4x4Credit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
The Bentley Bentayga is one of Zack’s favourite carsCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
He regularly goes to famous clients’ housesCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
This Lamborghini has had the Dirt2Clean treatmentCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
Zack posts plenty of his work on InstagramCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
The teenager has a lot of celebrity clientsCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
“I’ve made my OCD into a positive. It is helping me clean cars, I love what I do. I have a passion and I have OCD.
“I see stuff the human eye doesn’t see. I go into every little detail to ensure the car is 100 per cent clean.
“School was a brick wall for me, I’m not academically clever, I’ve always been hands on.”
Zack taught himself how to valet and detail from YouTube videos and started washing family and neighbours’ cars on his driveway.
He then secured a space at a local pub aged 13 – as well as beginning to visit clients’ homes – before securing a unit for himself this month, weeks before turning 17.
Business is booming, helped by a local artist putting him in touch with some famous clients.
He now looks after the likes of “really nice” Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Tommy Fury, Molly-Mae Hague and a host of other Manchester United players with McTominay providing a glowing reference.
The teenager, who used to have a season ticket at Old Trafford, added: “The Tommy one was mad really because he DM’d me on Instagram.
“Molly-Mae and him are proper down to earth, she helped me out with some shoutouts. They see a young local Manchester lad trying to do his best and they’re helping push me to succeed.
“At the start it was crazy, I have never interacted with celebrities. Once you get one, it’s like a snowball effect.
Zack cleans the cars of Tommy FuryCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
He described Molly-Mae Hague as ‘down to earth’ and thanked her for the supportCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs use Dirt2CleanCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
Dan James took his motors to Zack when he was at UnitedCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
“When I go there, they are the most genuine people ever, they are normal, they don’t think they are bigger than anyone else.
“I go to United games and then I’m at their houses having a laugh with them, they’re like friends.
“It feels normal now as I see them often but when I tell people who my clients are they’re like, ‘Wow.’
“I had Dan James while he was at United, he was buzzing with the job.
“I’ve got a gallery of about 30 signed shirts and two pairs of Scott’s boots, including a pair he scored in. They’ve still got Old Trafford turf on bottom.
“They are memorable and mean a lot. It shows how far I’ve come from starting on my driveway.”
Zack understandably takes pride in his work – especially his football pitch-style striped carpet finish – and certainly feels good when he sees pictures of his customers driving into the Carrington training ground in their sparkling motors.
He has two pairs of McTominay’s match-worn bootsCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
The midfielder has been very supportiveCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
Zack has OCD and ensures every car is spotless when it is returnedCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
The striped carpet finish is made to look like a football pitchCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
He loves the Bentley Bentayga and new Range Rover Vogues but insists “you can’t beat a Lamborghini Urus” because it’s a supercar and a 4×4 rolled into one machine.
Dirt2Clean’s services range from a £35 standard valet all the way up to the full works including paint enhancement and correction, which costs £800 and takes three days.
But Zack insists he can get a 2015 plate looking like a brand-new motor fresh from the factory.
And now he has secured a permanent base for his five-man company, he is desperate to expand his repertoire to include wrapping, for which he is already qualified.
The teenager added: “I aspire to be like Yiannimize, he started off valeting and detailing like I did and then wrapping. Look where he is now. He’s smashed it. Scott said I can wrap one of his.
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“Waiting to leave school held me back, waiting for my licence, too. But I’ve left school now, I’m turning 17.
“My plan is to get a van and get on the road so I can do more mobile stuff and then I want to expand. More vans then franchise it off to London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Scotland. Dirt2Clean all over England, that’s my dream.”
Zack has big plans for the expansion of his businessCredit: Zenpix
He has just got the keys to a unit to base his businessCredit: Zenpix
The business used to run from a rented car park spaceCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
He uses a range of techniques all learnt by watching YouTube videosCredit: Zack Ditchett / @dirt2cleanmanchester
Man Utd players often drive into Carrington with his Dirt2Clean air freshenersCredit: Zack Ditchett
The youngster leaves cars looking absolutely spotlessCredit: Zack Ditchett More