After leaving Chelsea after just one season, former manager Mauricio Pochettino expressed his satisfaction with the team’s performance, saying, “I just love the level the team reached.”
The 52-year-old took over as the Blues’ manager on July 1st, but a dismal start to the season led to his mutually agreed-upon departure last month.
Enzo Maresca, the manager of Leicester City, has taken Pochettino’s spot at Chelsea. Maresca has agreed to a five-year deal with an additional year option.
Pochettino said the following on Instagram: “We know there have been ups and downs but we always believed in this team and that we would arrive at a consistent level.”
Chelsea had a poor season to begin with, but they turned things around in the last five games of the season to win the Carabao Cup, advance to the FA Cup semifinals, and finish sixth in the Premier League.
Pochettino stated that he and his team had worked “so hard” to give the supporters “a Chelsea you can be proud of” since they knew how important the club was to them.
“They deserve great credit and I hope you felt that too in how they performed on the pitch,” the Argentine added, adding that work had been made to “increase [the team’s] standards.”
He went on to say: “I believe the experiences of this season and big improvement we saw, I hope will only make the players stronger for the future.”
Pochettino announced that he will coach a World XI versus England at the yearly Soccer Aid celebrity charity event on Sunday at Stamford Bridge.
