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Chelsea target Nagelsmann as favourite to replace Potter along with Pochettino

Chelsea want to interview Julian Nagelsmann, Mauricio Pochettino, Rúben Amorim, Oliver Glasner and Luis Enrique as part of their search for a manager but are prepared to wait until the summer before appointing a full-time replacement for Graham Potter.

The club, who installed the inexperienced Bruno Saltor as interim head coach after Potter’s abrupt dismissal on Sunday, do not want to rush into a rash decision. There have been indications that Bruno, who has no managerial experience, could remain in charge for the rest of the season.

The intention is to adopt a different approach from whenthey took the shock decision to fire Thomas Tuchel in September. Potter was quickly lured away from Brighton but a swift appointment is not expected this time. Bruno is operating on a game-by-game basis but could lead the side into the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid next week.

Chelsea’s co-owners, Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, want the search to be as exhaustive as possible. Responsibility has been handed to the sporting directors, Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley, who will assess a number of candidates. Nagelsmann is the early favourite but the former Bayern Munich manager is not certain to land the job.

The feeling is that Chelsea were too quick to act when they appointed Potter, who proved an unsuitable fit. Boehly and Eghbali led that process, with their sporting structure yet to take shape, and Pochettino was the only other candidate interviewed. More due diligence will be undertaken.

There is an obvious appeal to Nagelsmann given that the German worked with Stewart and Chelsea’s technical director, Christopher Vivell, at RB Leipzig. But Nagelsmann, who was replaced by Tuchel at Bayern

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