Next Chelsea manager: Brighton agree compensation for Roberto De Zerbi after Pochettino exit

Chelsea are once again looking for a new coach after Mauricio Pochettino opted to leave the club after only one season.

The Blues announced his departure on Tuesday night, after a two-day end-of-season evaluation.

football.london believes that club officials met with Pochettino on Monday before he agreed to leave by mutual consent on Tuesday morning.

“Thank you to the Chelsea ownership group and Sporting Directors for the opportunity to be a part of this football club’s history,”

Pochettino stated after his departure was announced.

“The Club is now well positioned to keep moving forward in the Premier League and Europe in the years to come.”

Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital will now have their sixth manager since taking over the club in May 2022,

following Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Frank Lampard, and Pochettino.

Roberto De Zerbi, who recently left Brighton, has emerged as the bookmakers’ favourite to succeed Pochettino.

The Italian has already been associated with the position,

and he is expected to take over as manager of Bayern Munich and AC Milan.

Earlier in the day, before to Pochettino’s departure,

Italian journalist Luca Cerchione alleged that a ‘unnamed club’ paid Brighton a compensation fee of £4.3 million to hire De Zerbi.

The report’s most interesting detail is that’maximum confidentiality’ was agreed upon to guarantee

that the identity of the club that allegedly provided the settlement was kept hidden.

However, the news of Pochettino’s departure has caused many to speculate that the mysterious club could be Chelsea.

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