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Chelsea Close in on Pochettino

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Soccer, Sports

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew discuss Mauricio Pochettino closing in on taking the Chelsea managerial job and what it could mean for the future of Harry Kane. Plus, Tottenham can't escape turmoil as they sack Cristian Stellini following their 6-1 loss to Newcastle, and the panel debate whether Arsenal's title hopes hinge on William Saliba coming back from his injury in time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome into the exhibition of ESPNFC. I'm Don Thomas Join by Shack, a hitstop in Stevie

0:09.1

Nickel. We also welcome to the show today, Julianne Ron is with us as is, and Mario

0:13.6

Malcoyote. We were going to start the program with a sacking of Stilini at Spurs, but breaking

0:19.3

news tonight in England is suggesting that Mauritio Pocicino is going to be the new

0:24.2

coach of Chelsea as we were called. We're going live here. It's still yet to be done

0:29.6

Jules, but it seems to be inevitable. Yeah, that's right, Dan. We're in the final stages

0:35.6

really of all the negotiations and being told that it's only details to be sorting out

0:41.7

between Mauritio Pocicino. His camp, all his staff is going to come, his son, Jesús

0:45.8

Perez, all the people pretty much that were with him in Paris. I'm going to come to Chelsea

0:50.7

and it's just those kind of details to iron out, but that is already working on the squad

0:55.8

for next season on the preparation on everything that is going to do to have an idea of what

1:00.5

kind of team is going to have who fits in, who doesn't fit in what he wants to do as a

1:05.0

Chelsea manager, who maybe could come in as well in the summer as new signings, who will

1:11.0

be sold, all those kind of things are already in motion really, so I expect just maybe

1:16.8

a matter of days, not that many actually before, maybe Pocicino is announced for next season,

1:21.8

so Lampal, we still finish a season and Pocicino will take over in the summer. Do you like

1:26.7

this? Yeah, I think it makes sense. You know, when he came to Tottenham, Tottenham took

1:34.1

him because he knew the Premier League, he had done a great job of Southampton, so there

1:37.6

was going to be nothing new here at them. He took Tottenham to a Champions League final.

1:44.9

You know, he brought on young players, he brought on Harry Kane, I mean, Dele Alley was absolutely

1:49.2

incredible in the room. People like Eric Dyle, a young man as well, who, so he's got experience

1:56.8

at PSG, okay, it didn't go so well, but you know what, sometimes a bad experience helps

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