A number of loyal assistants have followed Pochettino to Chelsea (Picture: Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
Chelsea have confirmed the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as the club’s new manager on a two-year contract.
The Argentine, who has returned to the Premier League having managed Tottenham between 2014 and 2019, is tasked with restoring Chelsea as title challengers following a turbulent season on and off the field.
Part of the Stamford Bridge rebuild will include righting the wrongs of the club’s disastrous transfer strategy under owner Todd Boehly, with Pochettino reportedly having already identified a number of targets ahead of the summer window.
But he won’t have to undertake the task alone, with a number of trusted backroom personnel joining him in west London.
Let’s take a look at the staff Pochettino has brought with him to Chelsea.
Jesus Perez
Pochettino and Perez share a special relationship (Picture: Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
Pochettino and Perez first linked up when their careers overlapped at Espanyol, with the Spaniard slowly making his way into Pochettino’s inner circle of trusted lieutenants.
The 51 year-old was instrumental in convincing Pochettino to move to Southampton in 2013, despite several reservations, before the duo moved to Spurs together in 2014 and then later to PSG in 2021.
Perez, predominately a fitness coach, installed a gruelling regime which saw Southampton and Tottenham become recognised amongst some of the fittest teams in the Premier League during his tenures.
According to the Mail Online, Pochettino has described Perez as ‘an extension of myself’, and along with his wife Karina, two people who ‘keep order in my life’.
Toni Jimenez
Hugo Lloris holds Jimenez in high regard (Picture: Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
Jimenez, 52, heads to Stamford Bridge as the goalkeeper coach having played in that position as a player – with his most noticeable achievement being the gold medal he won for Spain at the 1992 Olympics alongside Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique.
At club level, Jimenez played for Rayo Vallecano, Atletico Madrid and Espanyol – and it was at the latter where he he was teammates with Pochettino in the early 2000s.
The duo completed their coaching badges together, with Jimenez becoming Pochettino’s assistant at Espanyol in 2011, before linking up with him at Southampton and Tottenham.
Hugo Lloris has credited Jimenez with helping him to improve his physical condition and technique whilst the pair worked together at Spurs.
Miguel D’Agostino
The pair go back a long way (Picture: Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
D’Agostino and Pochettino formed a close bond when they were a centre back partnership at Newell’s Old Boys in the early 1990s under the management of Marcelo Bielsa.
The 51 year-old Argentine went on to have spells throughout the Americas and Europe before calling time on his playing career in 2003.
He worked as a scout for Pochettino at Espanyol before joining the coaching team where he would film sessions and conduct analysis.
D’Agostino was also part of Pochettino’s setup at Southampton, Spurs and PSG.
Sebastiano Pochettino
It’s father and son at Stamford Bridge (Picture: John Berry/Getty Images)
The oldest of Pochettino’s two sons, Sebastiano, 28, started working for Spurs as a sport science assistant in 2016 before being promoted to the role of first team fitness coach and sport scientist.
Aged just 22 at the time, he was the youngest sport scientist in the whole of the Premier League.
Sebastiano was awarded a first in Applied Sports Science from Southampton Solent University and he specialises in injury prevention and strength and conditioning.
Pochettino has insisted his son, who will likely perform a similar role at Chelsea as he did at Spurs and PSG, is part of his backroom team on merit and he has earned the respect of the players he has worked alongside.
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