'Madness!': Paul Merson baffled by Chelsea's decision to sack Pochettino

Speaking to Sky Sports on Tuesday night, Paul Merson said: "I cannot believe Mauricio Pochettino is gone at Chelsea, I cannot believe it.

"Whoever is making this decision... how are you going to replace a manager like him? He'd just got the team going, went on a great run.

"They got into Europe, got sixth in the league from where they were and he's just got this team playing, it's madness! I cannot believe what I'm hearing."

Pochettino's exit was made official on Tuesday with the Argentine officially leaving Chelsea 'by mutual concern' after just a year at the club.

The second half of the 2023/24 season has gone quite well for the 52-year-old at Stamford Bridge, thus making the latest development so baffling.

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