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Tom Coley

Why Christian Pulisic missed Maurico Pochettino's first day at Chelsea amid transfer battle

Mauricio Pochettino has arrived for his first day at Chelsea on Monday. After officially starting as manager on July 1, the new week has seen him pictured at Cobham for the first time since becoming boss.

Over four weeks of talks were held with Pochettino back in May before an agreement was reached ahead of him replacing Frank Lampard at the end of the 2022/23 season. Now, with attention turning towards pre-season, Pochettino is at the club's Surrey training base to kick things off.

He will be without a host of first-team stars for now. Many are on holiday, some are still in action at the Under-21 European Championships and others are in the process of being sold. On that note, six of the squad from last year have already departed.

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