Tag: CHELSEA APPOINTS NEW COACH

Chelsea had been searching for a new head coach since sacking Graham Potter on April 2; Frank Lampard leaves club after spell as caretaker manager; former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino, who will start role on July 1, had been out of work since leaving Paris Saint-Germain last summer Chelsea have appointed former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino as their new head coach on a two-year deal, with the option of a further year, from July 1. The 51-year-old Argentine, who returns to the Premier League following previous spells in charge of Tottenham and Southampton, permanently succeeds Graham Potter, who was dismissed at the start of April after less than seven months in charge. Frank Lampard, who led Chelsea on a caretaker basis until the end of the season following Potter'...