Mauricio Pochettino reportedly convinced the latest signing of the Todd Boehly-led Clearlake Capital ownership to join Chelsea shortly before his exit from the club.
Pochettino left the club by mutual consent on Tuesday after the Chelsea owners became convinced that the Argentinian could not work effectively in the club’s structure.
The former Spurs boss led the Blues into Europe with a fine run of form at the end of a campaign in which he struggled with an inexperienced squad and significant injury problems.
But the owners reportedly thought Pochettino deserved some of the blame for those injuries and were also unimpressed by his and his .
Now what must Estevao think?
He did though do them the solid of securing the signing of Estevao from Palmeiras – who will now work under Kieran McKenna or the next manager after him, or the one after that – before he left Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea insider Ben Jacobs said: Pochettino spoke to Estevao on phone, now what must Estevao think?
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Estevao to join after Club World Cup
Brazilian journalist Paulo Vinicius Coelho opened up Estevao s transfer to Chelsea, claiming that although it s not yet officially been signed and sealed, it is a done deal.
“Palmeiras have put a clause in the process of selling Estêvão, which is at an end. Estêvão will be sold to Chelsea, it’s not signed yet, but he will be sold to Chelsea and there are clauses that André Hernan brought to you on Saturday, first hand, for the deal to reach R$360m, €65m, which is €20m more than Estêvão’s termination fine, which is €45m,”said Coelho.
