Mauricio Pochettino’s appointment at Chelsea on a two-year contract continues the sturdy managerial connection between the Blues and Tottenham.
The Argentinian turns into the fifth man to handle each golf equipment within the Premier League period and right here, the PA information company seems to be on the information of his predecessors.
Glenn Hoddle
Chelsea 1993-96: P157, W53 (33.7 per cent), D54, L50
Tottenham 2001-03: P104, W41 (38.3 per cent), D18, L45
The long-time Spurs midfielder completed his profession as Chelsea player-manager for 2 seasons earlier than a 3rd solely within the dugout. His sides by no means completed increased than eleventh within the league however reached an FA Cup ultimate, dropping 4-0 to Manchester United, and semi-final in addition to a Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final.
After spells with England and Southampton, he took cost at White Hart Lane with comparable outcomes to his Chelsea spell – Spurs reached a League Cup ultimate, dropping to Blackburn, however completed ninth and tenth within the league earlier than he was sacked six video games into the subsequent season.
Andre Villas-Boas
Chelsea 2011-12: P40, W19 (47.5 per cent), D11, L10
Tottenham 2012-13: P80, W44 (55.0 per cent), D20 L16
After their success with Jose Mourinho, Chelsea as soon as once more turned to Porto to recruit Villas-Boas, who had labored as a part of Mourinho’s workers. He was unable to work comparable magic as supervisor, lasting simply 40 video games and fewer than a season within the function.
He lasted twice as lengthy at Spurs however narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification in his first season and was dismissed with the membership mendacity seventh shortly earlier than Christmas in his second, having didn’t take advantage of the then-world file price acquired for Gareth Bale’s transfer to Actual Madrid and misplaced 6-0 to Manchester Metropolis and 5-0 to Liverpool in his final 5 league video games in cost.
Jose Mourinho
Chelsea 2004-07, 2013-15: P321, W204 (63.6 per cent), D69, L48
Tottenham 2019-21: P86, W44 (51.2 per cent), D19, L23
Saying himself as a “Particular One”, Mourinho lived as much as that billing in his first spell at Stamford Bridge with back-to-back league titles, an FA Cup and two League Cups. His unbeaten house file within the league lasted 77 video games in all and into his second spell, when he received the Premier League and League Cup for a 3rd time every.
After one other League Cup and a Europa League with Manchester United, Spurs banked on Mourinho as Pochettino’s alternative to finish a trophy drought amounting to a solitary League Cup since 1991. With Spurs ending sixth after which seventh within the league, although, Mourinho was sacked simply days earlier than his likelihood to deliver silverware within the 2021 League Cup ultimate – which Manchester Metropolis received 1-0 in opposition to a crew led by caretaker supervisor Ryan Mason.
Antonio Conte
Chelsea 2016-18: P106, W69 (65.1 per cent), D17, L20
Tottenham 2021-23: P77, W41 (53.2 per cent), D12, L24*
Conte introduced a Premier League title and an FA Cup to Chelsea, however was sacked after they completed solely fifth within the league in his second season.
His risky model by no means meshed simply with Tottenham and his exit in March, railing at “egocentric gamers” and Tottenham’s “story” of failing to win trophies, has left them nonetheless trying to find a everlasting successor, Mason once more on the helm after Conte’s assistant Cristian Stellini was remarkably sacked as interim supervisor.
(*consists of 3-0 loss to Rennes by forfeit in Europa Convention League, December 2021)
Mauricio Pochettino
Tottenham 2014-19: P293, W159 (54.3 per cent), D62, L72
Chelsea: appointed 2023
In contrast to the opposite names on this checklist, Pochettino strikes to Chelsea having first managed Tottenham slightly than the opposite approach spherical.
He took Spurs to the 2019 Champions League ultimate, the place they misplaced to Liverpool, and his return was broadly craved by sections of their fanbase – any notable success at Chelsea will due to this fact be all of the extra painful for his or her London rivals.