{"id":473396,"date":"2026-02-11T18:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/473396\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:43:09","slug":"former-chelsea-manager-puts-name-forward-to-replace-thomas-frank-at-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/473396\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Chelsea manager puts name forward to replace Thomas Frank at Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chelsea fans are warming to Liam Rosenior after his appointment, and there\u2019s another managerial change on the cards at Tottenham after Thomas Frank\u2019s sacking.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have already played Tottenham once this season, which ended in a 1-0 win and the two sides won\u2019t meet again until May at Stamford Bridge. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/chelsea-fans-share-the-same-reaction-to-enzo-marescas-sudden-departure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enzo Maresca only left Chelsea at the start of January<\/a>, a decision that was very unpopular at the time, but there\u2019s been a change of heart since seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior<\/a> and his plans. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s safe to say that the new manager bounce is very much still a thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> have won seven out of 10 games under Rosenior, and you wouldn\u2019t even say they\u2019ve played that well yet.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham will be looking for a similar trend, and it could involve a former Chelsea boss. <\/p>\n<p>          Time for Mamadou Sarr to be given a try, or why else did we bring him back? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Something needs to change defensively!<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TCC-84-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Chelsea's goals conceded under Liam Rosenior\" class=\"wp-image-351468\" \/>Photo by Clive Mason\/Getty Images       Mauricio Pochettino is keen on taking the Tottenham job<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3884532\/thomas-frank-sacked-tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TalkSPORT<\/a>, Mauricio Pochettino is \u2018keen\u2019 on taking the Tottenham job, but only after the World Cup has been completed. <\/p>\n<p>And Roberto De Zerbi would be open to the Spurs job having left Marseille on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows about Pochettino\u2019s underlying love for Tottenham, so it wouldn\u2019t come as a surprise to see him go back, but the timing will be a big issue with relegation a risk.<\/p>\n<p> What is he talking about? \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cole-Palmer-Sam-Allardyce-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Sam Allardyce discussing Chelsea's Cole Palmer\" class=\"wp-image-351661\" \/>Credit: Stu Forster\/Ben Roberts Photo via Getty Images       Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s time at Chelsea<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/mauricio-pochettino-chelsea-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s single season at Chelsea<\/a> in 2023\/24 was a turbulent period of transition that saw the club recover from a 12th-place finish to secure a 6th-place spot and European qualification. <\/p>\n<p>While he successfully transformed Cole Palmer into a world-class talent and ended the campaign with five consecutive victories, his relationship with the club\u2019s hierarchy remained strained due to disagreements over the head coach model and the implementation of a specialised set-piece department. <\/p>\n<p>And despite reaching the Carabao Cup final and showing significant progress in the final months, Pochettino left by mutual consent in May 2024, as BlueCo sought a more data-driven approach that aligned with their long-term vision.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea fans are warming to Liam Rosenior after his appointment, and there\u2019s another managerial change on the cards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,60721,85],"class_list":["post-473396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-mauricio-pochettino","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}