Mauricio Pochettino leaving summer recruitment to Chelsea’s sporting directors

Mauricio Pochettino reiterated that decisions over incoming and outgoing transfers at Chelsea will not be in his hands this summer, as he waits to learn his own future at Stamford Bridge.

Victory over Bournemouth in Sunday’s Premier League finale ensured European football for the Blues next season, but afterwards the 52-year-old said he was in the dark over whether the club’s ownership planned to keep him on.

A review of the team’s progress under Pochettino, whose debut campaign ended in five consecutive wins and a sixth-placed finish, was due to be undertaken in the days after the season’s conclusion, but he was unclear as to whether the meeting would go ahead.