The ruthless side of new Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali that Abramovich would be proud of

Normally a manager is expected to be sacked when he loses five games on the spin but Chelsea have sacked a manager who has won his last five games and led them back to playing European football. 

Mauricio Pochettino’s surprise exit at Chelsea has created a little bit of its own history with the Clearlake ownership looking for their sixth manager in under two years. 

It’s still six days to mark exactly two years since they bought the club in and that period, three permanent managers have already been and gone. Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and now Pochettino were all long-term projects but the American ownership have pulled the plugs and if you add temporary managers like Bruno Salto and Frank Lampard that makes five managers under two years, not even the ruthless Roman Abramovich had such devastating numbers in a short period. 

The decision to part ways with Pochettino has surprised many especially as it came at a time when the team looked to have finally peaked and the individual players were just beginning to find their rhythm under the Argentinian manager. 

A club statement read: "Chelsea FC can confirm that the club and Mauricio Pochettino have mutually agreed to part ways.

The club's sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley said: "On behalf of everyone at Chelsea, we would like to express our gratitude to Mauricio for his service this season.”

The last few days at Chelsea 

19/05-Chelsea beat Bournemouth to ensure they would finish on the last day of the Premier League season. 

19/05- Thiago Silva said his goodbye after the final game of the season. 

19/05- Mauricio Pochettino hints at staying by saying he had dinner with Todd Boehly and everything was fine. 

21/05- Tuesday evening news break that Pochettino has left the club. 

22/05- Kieran McKenna, Sebastian Hoeneß and Enzo Maresca, all linked to the Chelsea job.