Mauricio Pochettino: Chelsea’s sporting directors will handle recruitment
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has confirme that he will not be in control of the club’s transfers, as he waits to find out what his future holds.
Victory over Bournemouth in Sunday’s Premier League finale ensure เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย European football for the Blues next season, but afterwards the 52-year-old said he was in the dark over whether the club’s ownership planne to keep him on.
A review of the team’s progress under Pochettino, whose debut campaign ende in five consecutive wins and a sixth-place finish, was due to be undertaken in the days after the season’s conclusion, but he was unclear as to whether the meeting would go ahead.
Decision-making on managerial appointments as well as player recruitment is led by co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stuart, but the call on whether or not to retain the Argentinian will ultimately be signe off by co-owner Todd Boehly – with whom Pochettino share “a very nice dinner” on Friday – and his Clearlake Capital group.
Planning for next season is under way with a deal believe to be close for Chelsea to sign highly-rated Brazilian teenager Estevao Willian from Palmeiras, though the PA news agency understands nothing concrete has yet been finalise.
However, uncertainty surrounds the future of midfielder Conor Gallagher, who has captaine the team for much of the season, with Aston Villa reporte to be intereste in signing the academy graduate.
The 24-year-old is entering the final year of his contract and would represent a significant financial boost should he be move on, given that any sale would count as 100 per cent profit as the club looks to remain within profit and sustainability regulations.
Pochettino said of summer recruitment plans: “That’s a club decision. Of course, like I was from the beginning, always I am going to be there to help if (the owners) want. If not, we’re going to do our job.”