A new era at Chelsea is almost upon us. On July 1, which is just over a month away, Mauricio Pochettino will officially start his new job role as first-team head coach at Stamford Bridge.
After weeks of negotiations between the 51-year-old and Chelsea, the club finally announced on Monday afternoon that Pochettino would take over from Frank Lampard at the beginning of July – just in time for pre-season to start. Pochettino has signed a two-year contract with Chelsea but there is an option for a further 12 months should the two parties agree.
Chelsea will be hoping that option is indeed triggered as they view Pochettino as the ideal man to spearhead their ambitious long-term project at Stamford Bridge. To do that, though, the Argentine will need a lot of time to get his ideas across to his new squad. There's so much to fix at Chelsea and it certainly won't happen overnight.
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