Transfer news LIVE: Joao Félix says ‘yes’ to Chelsea, Álvarez FINISHES replacement at Atlético, massive Zubimendi update

Atletico Madrid star Joao Felix has said “yes” amid reports that he will return to Chelsea this summer.

On the other hand, Julián Álvarez completed his great move from Manchester City to Atlético de Madrid.

And there has been a massive update in the search for Martín Zubimendi in Liverpool.

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Manchester City star Ederson has been linked with a trip to Saudi Arabia.

And the goalkeeper would like to move to the Middle East days after winning his sixth Premier League title.

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano says that several Saudis are interested in signing the Brazilian foreigner for a good fee.

The 30-year-old is in a position to accept any offer after betting 332 times on City.

And Saturday’s upcoming FA Cup final against rivals Manchester United may be his last in a sky blue shirt.

Chelsea are rigorously looking for a replacement for Mauricio Pochettino on the bench.

According to movement expert Ben Jacobs, the Blues are not former coaches Thomas Tuchel or José Mourinho, while Sporting Lison coach Ruben Amorim is not the favourite.

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna is expected to be one of the frontrunners, but west Londoners Brighton are very advanced and will therefore want to act quickly.

Brentford’s Thomas Frank, Girona’s Míchel, Newcastle’s Eddie Howe and Stuttgart’s Sebastian Hoeness have all been discussed.

Mauricio Pochettino will not continue to manage Chelsea despite leading them to European qualification after a turbulent campaign.

According to Ben Jacobs, an expert on the move, Pochettino did not stand out as a strategic choice.

The Argentine strategist himself considered that the situation could worsen even more if he stayed and so informed owner Todd Boehly through a phone call.

Several players were surprised by the news, since the dressing room was looking for the former Tottenham coach to stay.

Les Bleus are now betting on a “younger”, more “modern” and “progressive” coach.

SunSport takes a look at who could fill the hot spot at Chelsea after the surprise departure of Mauricio Pochettino. . .

Flick was one of the most sought after football coaches after winning the Champions League with Bayern Munich. But everything went well in his next position, becoming the first coach to be fired in Germany.

Now he is fit to return and could be a success for the Blues.

Chelsea enthusiasts probably wouldn’t have heard of him, but Hoeness is Germany’s next big thing.

Hoeness Stuttgart from relegation contenders to the second best team in the Bundesliga, complete ahead of Bayern Munich.

Only the invincible Bayer Leverkusen remained on the sidelines of the miracle.

Michel Sánchez has wonders with little Girona in Spain.

The minnows were in the race for the La Liga name at Christmas before seeing Real Madrid draw.

But they have led their illustrious Catalan neighbours, Barcelona, to position themselves and are guaranteed a position in the Champions League. Reports in Spain imply that this has caught Chelsea’s attention.

Still adored by Stamford Bridge fans, who never liked former Spurs boss Pochettino, Mourinho would be an option.

Winner of 3 Premier League titles with the Blues in two backwards stints, could he be the man to take Chelsea back to the top?

SunSport takes a look at who could fill the hot spot at Chelsea after Mauricio Pochettino’s surprise departure. . .

The former Manchester United assistant led Ipswich to consecutive promotions from League One to the Premier League.

This has caused your inventory to explode and you are tempted to jump in to do a great job.

The Italian left Brighton at the end of the season after a year and a position at the helm.

He connected with a number of important positions in the past of the campaign, but a series of complicated effects made him lose the festival for positions such as Liverpool.

De Zerbi’s attacking and forward taste is said to be popular at Stamford Bridge.

Maresca, Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City, did wonders at Leicester, setting up the delivery to sack the Foxes back to the Premier League at the first attempt.

The appointment of a disciple of Pep has made Arsenal a renowned candidate, so he could also be a candidate for Chelsea.

Pochettino barely had to turn Chelsea around after an impressive end to the season.

In their adventure, the Blues overtook Manchester United and Newcastle to sixth place in the Premier League and gained a position in the Europa League.

But that was not enough to stay in his task since on Tuesday night it was announced that the Argentine had left.

Here are all Pochettino’s stats at Stamford Bridge:

Total record:

Chelsea players were surprised and “devastated” to learn of Mauricio Pochettino’s departure on social media.

The Argentine is the third full-time head coach to leave Stamford Bridge in less than two years since Todd Boehly and the Clearlake owners took over.

Pochettino, 52, led Chelsea to their fifth consecutive Premier League win with a 2-1 home win over Bournemouth on Sunday.

That last game was enough to take sixth place and return to European football after a year’s absence.

Figures like Cole Palmer, who shared a sense of gratitude after the online news, have thrived under Poch’s tutelage during this tenure despite a rocky start to the campaign.

However, the team was shaken after it was shown last night that the former Tottenham manager had left by mutual consent.

Sun Sport understands that several players are “devastated” by the news.

And worse still, they found out on social media.

It is also understandable that some administrators have been stuck following the announcement of Pochettino’s departure last night.

Mauricio Pochettino will be Manchester United’s new boss two years after missing out on the job, writes NEIL CUSTIS.

Pochettino has left Chelsea by mutual agreement and INEOS boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe is likely to be in a position to hold talks with the former Tottenham manager with Erik ten Hag clinging to his job at Old Trafford.

The 52-year-old Argentine is in a back-and-forth race with Ten Hag for United’s project in April 2022, as he neared the exit gate at Paris Saint-Germain.

Richard Arnold and John Murtough, then United’s kingmakers, would have spoken to him at the time, but were influenced by Ten Hag’s extensive wisdom about United and his concepts for turning things around.

While the Dutchman did that in his first season, finishing third and winning the Carabao Cup, things took a turn in this crusade with an eighth-place finish in the Premier League and an exit from the Champions League stage stage.

United are still due to play in the FA Cup final on Saturday, in a repeat of last year’s Wembley final against neighbours Manchester City.

This is how the bookmakers evaluate the Mauricio Pochettino hopefuls at Stamford Bridge.

There is no place for former Chelsea and Man Utd manager José Mourinho. . . !

Chelsea have shown that there will be an exodus from training after the departure of Mauricio Pochettino.

They said: “Jesús Pérez, Miguel d’Agostino, Toni Jiménez and Sebastiano Pochettino have gone with Mauricio”.

So far, Mauricio Pochettino has only published a report on the abrupt end of his 11-month reign at Chelsea.

  The Blues shared their comments after his brief message.

Outgoing manager Pochettino said: “Thank you to the organisation that owns Chelsea and administrators for the opportunity to be part of the history of this football club.

“The Club is now in a position to continue progressing in the Premier League and in Europe in the coming years. “

COMMENT: Chelsea’s longest-serving manager and the club’s new owners have left by mutual consent, writes ANDREW DILLON.

The fact that Mauricio Pochettino lasted 325 days underlines how desperate this club has become.

One would expect a manager to lose his task after five games WITHOUT a win, but Chelsea could lose theirs after five wins in a row.

When fans wrote an open letter to President Todd Boehly and teammate Behdad Eghbali in March, they expressed fears that their beloved Chelsea would be the “laughing stock on and off the field. “

It’s far beyond now with the departure of the manager who, despite everything, was trying to make sense of a team classified as “£1bn bottle jobs” just over two months ago, when they collapsed against the youth team of the Liverpool in the Carabao Cup Final. Training

In 8 days it will be precisely two years since the Clearlake Capital consortium intervened in Stamford Bridge to save the club from an imaginable liquidation.

Obviously there is anything with Chelsea: two redundancies and a mutual agreement in less than 24 months. If we add to that a frustrated interim boss like Frank Lampard and a wonderful game in the shape of a rabbit in front of the headlights like Bruno Saltor, that’s five coaches. Clearlake has faced each other in a short time.

The former owner, the supposedly ruthless Russian Roman Abramovich, appears to be a dream employer. And he fired a boss shortly after winning The Double.

There have been rumours that all is well on Chelsea’s pitch.

This is how the bookmakers evaluate the Mauricio Pochettino hopefuls at Stamford Bridge.

There is no place for former Chelsea and Man Utd manager Jose Mourinho. . . !

Mauricio Pochettino will be the new Manchester United boss two years after missing out on the job, writes NEIL CUSTIS.

Pochettino left Chelsea by mutual consent and INEOS boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe may be in a position to hold talks with the former Tottenham boss with Erik ten Hag clinging to his task at Old Trafford.

The 52-year-old Argentine was in a two-man race with Ten Hag for the United project in April 2022, as he neared Paris Saint-Germain’s exit door.

Richard Arnold and John Murtough, then United’s kingmakers, would have spoken to him at the time, but were influenced by Ten Hag’s extensive wisdom about United and his concepts for turning things around.

While the Dutchman did that in his first season, finishing third and winning the Carabao Cup, things took a turn in this crusade with an eighth place finish in the Premier League and an exit from the organizational phase of the Champions League.

United have this Saturday’s FA Cup final ahead of them, a repeat of last year’s Wembley masterpiece against neighbours Manchester City.

These are Mauricio Pochettino’s comments a few days before his departure from Chelsea.

“If we are satisfied, then it is perfect, but it is not only if the owners are satisfied, because we must also ask ourselves why we are not satisfied and we have to divide,” Pochettino said.

“It would not be the first time that a coaching staff does not have to continue,” he said.

“Tomorrow I can simply say that I will leave. It’s two parties if they make a decision and it’s not just about whether Chelsea are happy, the owner is happy and the sporting director is happy.

“Maybe we are not satisfied because we arrived here with a task to do, but in the end it is not what we expected. I’m not saying I’m not satisfied. If we separate, it’s not a problem, it’s possibly not the end of the world. “

Perhaps the most important thing of Mauricio Pochettino’s reign at Chelsea has been the appearance of Cole Palmer.

The Blues signed Palmer from Manchester City for £42. 5m last summer and he did so almost immediately.

The 22-year-old has scored in matches against Arsenal, Man City, Tottenham and Manchester United, against whom he scored a hat-trick last month.

He finished his crusade with 22 goals in the Premier League, Erling Haaland.

And he is part of Gareth Southgate’s provisional 33-man squad for Euro 2024.

But will Chelsea’s great player be successful next season without Pochettino?

There are reportedly at least FOUR that Chelsea are exploring lately, adding Kieran McKenna from Ipswich Town.

HERE are the seven names that Mauricio Pochettino will update following his surprise departure from Chelsea.

Roberto DeZerbi

The Italian left Brighton at the end of the season after a year and a position at the helm. He was in a number of important positions last season, but a series of complicated effects left him out of competition for teams like Liverpool. De Zerbi’s attacking and forward taste is said to be popular at Stamford Bridge.

Kieran McKenna

The former Manchester United assistant led Ipswich to consecutive promotions from League One to the Premier League. This caused his inventory to explode and he was tempted to jump in for a big job.

Enzo Maresca

Maresca, Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City, worked wonders at Leicester, paving the way to send the Foxes back to the Premier League at the first attempt. The appointment of a disciple of Pep’s has made Arsenal a name candidate, so he may only work for Chelsea. also.

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Flick was one of the most sought-after coaches in football after winning the Champions League with Bayern Munich. But it all happened in his next position, becoming the first coach fired in Germany. He is now fit to return and could be a success for the Blues.

Sébastien Hoeness

Chelsea enthusiasts probably wouldn’t have heard of him, but Hoeness is Germany’s next big thing. Hoeness transformed Stuttgart from relegation candidates to the second-best team in the Bundesliga, completely surpassing Bayern Munich. Only the invincible Bayer Leverkusen stood in the way of the miracle.

Miguel

Michel Sánchez has done wonders with little Girona in Spain. The minnows were in the race for the La Liga name at Christmas before they saw Real Madrid shoot. But they have led their illustrious Catalan neighbours, Barcelona, to position themselves and have a guaranteed position. reports in Spain suggest that this has caught Chelsea’s attention.

Jose Mourinho

Still adored by Stamford Bridge enthusiasts, who never liked former Spurs boss Pochettino, Mourinho would be a popular choice. Winner of 3 Premier Leagues with the Blues in two backwards periods, could he be the man to lead Chelsea back to the top?

Things didn’t start so well for the Argentine, but Chelsea were just beginning to settle into the latter part of the season, securing European football.

MAURICIO POCHETTINO only had to turn Chelsea around.

An impressive run of form at the end of the season has seen the Blues overtake Manchester United and Newcastle to finish sixth in the Premier League and earn a Europa League spot.

But this was not enough to stop him in his task as he announced that the Argentine had left.

Here are all Pochettino’s stats at Stamford Bridge:

First League – 6th

FA Cup – Semi-finals (lost to Manchester City)

Carabao Cup – Runners-up (lost to Liverpool)

Total Record:

Games 51Wins 26Draws 11Losses 14

Goals for 103Goals 74

Chelsea have shown that there will be an exodus from training after the departure of Mauricio Pochettino.

They said: “Jesús Pérez, Miguel d’Agostino, Toni Jiménez and Sebastiano Pochettino have gone with Mauricio. “

Mauricio Pochettino spoke about his departure from Chelsea.

In a statement posted on the club’s website, he said: “Thank you to Chelsea’s owning organisation and sporting administrators for the opportunity to be part of the history of this football club.

“The club is now in a position to continue to progress in the Premier League and in Europe in the coming years. “

Les Bleus have shown the departure of Mauricio Pochettino on their social media accounts.

They said: “Chelsea FC can verify that the Club and Mauricio Pochettino have mutually agreed on forms. “

Sports administrators Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley added: “On behalf of everyone at Chelsea, we would like to thank Mauricio for his service this season.

“He will be welcome at Stamford Bridge any time and we wish him all the best in his long coaching career. ”

Fans are digesting the news of Mauricio Pochettino’s departure.

But the hypothesis about who could update it is already underway.

Stuttgart’s Sebastian Hoeness, Girona’s Michel, Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna and Leicester’s Enzo Maresca are the coaches expected to be in the running.

Mauricio Pochettino’s departure to Chelsea has been described as “crazy” and a “terrible decision” among the surprised fans.

Social networks exploded with amazement at the unexpected revelation that Poch’s reign had lasted 12 months.

One fan posted: “Thank you Pochettino for taking us to Europe next season and bringing out Cole Palmer. »

Another wrote: “This is crazy, he took a huge step forward halfway through. »

And a third is baffled for the moment.

He wrote, “He wasn’t fired when he was struggling, but he was fired when the players started to understand each other. The new coach will start from scratch and will need new players. Terrible decision.

A fourth commenter posted: “Chelsea is so fucked up. »

But a fifth fan is more optimistic.

He wrote: “Good for him. He showed us a way. We can grow from there.

Arsenal-linked striker Brian Brobbey named the Gunners and Manchester United among the four “very impressive” European giants he admires.

Ajax’s 22-year-old Dutch star has played a full international match.

But he has scored 22 goals in club games this season.

He said: “Arsenal, I think it’s a very smart club.

“If you look at this stadium, it’s very impressive.

“It’s a great club, but that also applies to Manchester United, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. “

Chelsea have climbed to sixth place thanks to five direct wins.

But securing that Europa League spot was still not enough to stop coach Mauricio Pochettino from accepting that he would have to leave after just 12 months at Cherge.

This means that THREE managers have left since the club bought through the Clearlake Capital-Boehly property.

Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter ousted, before Poch takes power in May 2023.

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