Four surprise twists in Pochettino to Chelsea as desperate Spurs reveal shock Kane plan

Chelsea plan to appoint Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager, even with the surprise revelations which keep rolling in. Like Harry Kane’s valuation.

Thought knocks
It seems as though Mauricio Pochettino is being lined up by Chelsea as Todd Boehly continues to try navigating this whole tricky club ownership lark.

And with Pochettino himself understandably making no public statement on the links, the Daily Mirror website know full well they have hit paydirt by promising to let us know precisely what he is thinking with these two separate headlines:

‘Mauricio Pochettino’s thoughts on Chelsea squad as he prepares to become new manager’

‘Mauricio Pochettino makes feelings on Graham Potter’s coaching staff clear after Chelsea talks’

It turns out that, according to the first story, Pochettino is ‘understood to be excited at the prospect of working with a young, talented squad in south-west London’. Those are indeed the extent of his ‘thoughts on Chelsea squad’. And obviously we have to wait until the final paragraph of Darren Lewis’ article to learn that a manager who is about to be appointed by Chelsea thinks Chelsea have some good players.

As for the second story, Pochettino has made his ‘feelings on Graham Potter’s coaching staff clear’ by bringing his own team, some of whom he has worked with since beginning his coaching career at Espanyol in 2009, to Stamford Bridge. What that tells us about Pochettino’s thoughts on Bruno Saltor and Bjorn Hamberg is unknown clear.

Frank Lampard, it should be said, also ‘immediately made feelings clear on Graham Potter’s Chelsea coaching staff’ – a Daily Mirror website headline from April 9 – upon his appointment. It is almost as if managers like working with people they know and trust and that is no indication whatsoever of their thoughts or feelings on anyone else.

I can transform ya
Charlie Wyett of The Sun also seems to have inside knowledge of Pochettino’s current mental state:

‘MAURICIO POCHETTINO is hoping to land the Chelsea job this week. And the ex-Tottenham boss believes he can transform the struggling Blues into Prem title contenders next season.’

Someone who turned Tim Sherwood’s Tottenham into title contenders with Daniel Levy’s budgeting reckons he might be able to do similar with the 2021 European champions, who have won eight trophies in their last nine seasons and invested more than £600m into the squad this campaign alone.

More as we get…