How Chelsea settled on Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager after ignoring Nagelsmann

Julian Nagelsmann was the first choice for Chelsea board and only turned to former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino after the German turned down their approach due to the chaos at the club according to his agent.

Pochettino is close to being appointed as the new Chelsea boss after verbally agreeing to lead the Blues next season. Chelsea are currently outside the top 10 in the Premier League table, they also crashed out of the Champions League and look like a group of strangers. The Blues have just one win in their last eight games undercaretaker boss Frank Lampard.

Julian Nagelsmann, rated as one of the best manager currently was recently sacked by Bayern and his agent Volker Struth claims Chelsea were on the phone to try convince his client to take the job at Stamford Bridge and only turned to Pochettino after he turned them down.

Volker Struth is quoted by Bild in Germany: “I can confirm that Chelsea were quick to call [after Nagelsmann’s Bayern exit]. There were some phone conversations.

“It was the right decision not to go there. It’s a club in troubled waters at the moment.

“And their transfer policy, spending a few hundred million euros, has raised expectations that need to be met. There were also some other issues.

“He was their number one, that was our information, I believe it would have happened if he had wanted it.”

This has been a season to forget for the new owners who have have invested almost £600 million on players in the last two transfer windows but the club has somehow found a way of restrogressing.