Breaking: Pochettino agrees to become Chelsea’s boss; set to start in June

Pochettino has accepted all conditions of the long-term deal — it will be signed and completed soon after negotiation very advanced since April.

Mauricio Pochettino will sign a contract at Chelsea until June 2026.

Chelsea are working with Pochettino on recruitment with Lautaro Martinez, Declan Rice, Emiliano Martinez and Alexis Mac Allister are targets.

Pochettino wants to persuade Mason Mount to stay and is going to talk to Romelu Lukaku.

Mauricio Pochettino will sign contract in the next days but he will start this new Chelsea chapter in June, now now — as Lampard will remain as caretaker coach.

Poch will bring in his people for coaching staff — he will discuss transfer strategy with club immediately.

Matters arising

Thiago Silva on Chelsea future:

“It’s boring for me, but I renewed my contract two months ago. I’ve always fulfilled my contracts. I only won’t stay here if Chelsea don’t want me next year or if the new coach who arrives doesn’t want me to stay. Otherwise, I will try to fulfil my contract that is signed until next year. Then, next year, we see what we can really do.”

“I even told my wife: ‘I don’t know what kind of meeting they said Thiago Silva had, that he’s close to coming back [to Fluminense this summer], that he’s close to a deal…’. There’s nothing!”

Sources: Fabrizio Romano, Castelo-Branco