Chelsea's managerial atrocities will follow. Mauricio Pochettino (52) is leaving Chelsea for the first time in a year.

Chelsea announced on its official channel on Monday (local time) that it would break up with Pochettino under mutual agreement. It did not specifically mention the reason for their breakup. "The club will not comment further (about the manager) until a new manager is appointed," he said.[안전놀이터 추천](https://www.gwolf.info/)

"On behalf of everyone at Chelsea, I would like to express my gratitude for Pochettino's contributions this season. He can return to Stamford Bridge anytime. I hope Pochettino will do his best in his future career as a coach," said Lawrence Stewart and Paul Winstonley, sports director.

"I am grateful to the owners and directors of Chelsea for the opportunity to be with Chelsea's history. Chelsea is still in a good position to continue developing in the English Premier League (EPL) and European leagues," Pochettino said.

Pochettino, who took the helm of Chelsea in July last year, is set to leave Chelsea in less than a year. Originally, he had the option to extend his two-year contract by one year, but failed to fulfill his existing contract.

Chelsea's "managerial atrocities" will follow. In September 2022, Thomas Tuchel left the team and Graham Potter took the helm, but he was dismissed due to poor performance. Then club legend Frank Lampard took over the 2022-2023 season as interim coach and finished the season in the 12th place, ranking the worst.

Chelsea had high expectations on Pochettino, who had extensive experience in EPL, right before this season. Furthermore, it invested an astronomical 650 billion won (622 million U.S. dollars) to beef up its players in all positions including Moises Caicedo, Christopher Nkunku, and Nicholas Jackson. However, the team fell to the bottom of the standings at the beginning of the season with no effect at all. The big club's prowess in lifting the UEFA Champions League trophy just two years ago was out of nowhere. It stayed in eighth to tenth place all season, before winning five consecutive games at the last minute, and ranking sixth overall with 63 points (18 wins, nine draws, and 11 losses), barely saving face. One notable achievement is that it was the runner-up at the English Carabao Cup (League Cup) and the semifinal at the FA Cup.

In fact, his replacement was a foregone conclusion. Pochettino had been rumored to be dismissed from the beginning of this season. When Chelsea lost to Aston Villa in the sixth round in September last year and dropped to 14th place, 90MIN of the U.K. said, "Pochettino, who has only been in Chelsea for two months, has been named as the candidate for replacement. Chelsea has spent a lot of money. If his performance continues, Pochettino has nowhere to hide. The team's owner, Tot Boehly, can pull the trigger to dismiss him."

Chelsea also turned its attention to Leverkusen coach Xavi Alonso as the team remained in the top 10 after halfway through the season. The French sports zone said at the time, "Chelsea could change the coach immediately. Bedard Egbali, co-owner of the team, is immediately moving to recruit Alonso."

When Roméo Lavia, a promising player who spent 98.5 billion won, was out for the season after playing for only 32 minutes, it was caused by the excessive enforcement of the coach and medical staff, which caused confusion.

After playing in Chelsea's uniform this season, he returned to the bench in December last year as a substitute in the 13th minute in the 18th round for Crystal Palace after failing to play due to ankle injury. Unfortunately, however, his debut came to the last game of the season. After the game, he was put back on the injured list due to a hamstring problem, and was ultimately ruled out for the recent season.

"At the time, Lavia did not complete 100% of the rehabilitation process," Chelsea News said. "However, Chelsea's technical staff pushed up Lavia's return at a time when the Chelsea squad needed a midfielder. Although he still had a stage for rehabilitation, he ignored medical advice," adding, "Lavia suffered an injury after the match against Palace, and the current situation has occurred." Fans criticized him, asking, "What did Mauricio Pochettino and the coaches do to take the most careful look at the player's physical condition?"

Fans demanded Pochettino's dismissal as the team lost 0-5 to Arsenal last month. The British Mirror reported that Chelsea fans demanded Boehly dismiss Pochettino after his team was humiliated by Arsenal, adding that Chelsea spent 400 million pounds (about 680 billion won) on the summer transfer window. The fans expressed anger at the manager over the recent results of the game.

According to the Mirror, Chelsea fans reacted furiously after the match through social networking services. Most of the requests were made to dismiss Pochettino. "The owner and team director must fire Pochettino today, tomorrow or this week," "I doubt he is helpful to the club," and "This season, Pochettino has been defended several times." However, there is no excuse now.

Some even compared him to the former coach. Boehly appointed Graham Potter as his new manager after taking over Chelsea. However, Potter left the team after seven months of poor performance. According to The Mirror, one Chelsea fan fumed, "Pochettino is a worse manager than Potter. Why invest so much time in him?"

Chelsea has been in a slump since Todd Boehly took over as the team's owner in 2022. He poured in a total of 1 billion pounds (1.7347 trillion won), but failed to advance to the top of the list, and all the coaches he appointed became failure cases.

Attention is focusing on which kind of coach Chelsea will bring after Pochettino's defeat. The BBC reported that Chelsea, which is seeking a new coach, has recently shown interest in Kieran McKenna (Ipswich), Bangsang Kompany (Burnley) and Huven Amorim (Sporting).

Thomas Tuchel and Jose Mourinho, who recently lost their jobs, are unlikely to return to Chelsea.