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There’s no escaping it – Chelsea are *bad* right now. While losing 4-1 to this Liverpool side is perhaps forgivable, the nature of the defeat, with the Blues totally outclassed by the league leaders, will have been a concern. Shipping four goals again a few days later at home to Wolves may be the final straw for Mauricio Pochettino.
Let’s face it, this Chelsea ownership doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing; Graham Potter was also a poor choice, not least because sacking Thomas Tuchel was a pretty baffling choice in the first place. Just because Pochettino arrived with a bit more experience under his belt, where are the signs that Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali got it right this time?
While Pochettino did superb work at Tottenham, we perhaps forget too easily that things ended pretty badly for him there, while his spell at Paris Saint-Germain was also really poor. The modern game moves fast and it may already be that the Argentine is a spent force at the very highest level, with this admittedly challenging Chelsea project clearly now looking beyond him.
So, who could Chelsea turn to to replace Pochettino? There are some promising options out there, and we’ve picked five who would surely do a better job at Stamford Bridge right now…
Xabi Alonso
Xabi Alonso would be ideal as next Chelsea manager
Known to be a candidate for the Liverpool job once Jurgen Klopp steps down at the end of the season, Chelsea might do well to move quickly to try to hire Xabi Alonso ahead of their rivals now. The Spanish tactician has done an incredible job at Bayer Leverkusen this season, with his team still unbeaten, leading the Bundesliga, and playing an attractive brand of football despite having limited resources compared to so many of the best teams in Europe.
In all honesty, we’re pretty sure Alonso would choose the more stable option of Liverpool right now than try to turn this nightmare at Chelsea around, but that doesn’t mean the Blues shouldn’t try to put…
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Author : Mark Brus
Publish date : 2024-02-05 10:05:27
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