Mauricio Pochettino has been handed a huge blow ahead of his appointment at Chelsea, with N'Golo Kante back on the sidelines. The former Tottenham boss has been heavily linked with filling the head coach vacancy at Stamford Bridge for a while now, and progress has finally been made.
football.london understands that the Blues agreed a deal to make Pochettino the club's new manager. After a month of positive talks and negotiations between the two parties, the 51-year-old is set to replace Frank Lampard at the end of the season.
It's believed that Pochettino is yet to sign on the dotted line but he's expected to do so in the coming days. The Argentine will be joined by by his assistant Jesus Perez, first-team coach Miguel D'Agostino, goalkeeping coach Toni Jimenez and Sebastiano, his son, who works as a sports scientist.
