the last few hours. he left tottenham in 2019. he joins after a dismal season for chelsea, they finished 12th in the premier league and our reporter has more. chelsea have enjoyed a terrible season, there west on points in the premier league, they lost on the tap of their matches. their squad is bloated, it is expensively assembled. they have spent £60 million since last summer. they have very little to show for it, they have not qualified for europe and as a result their spending in his first transfer window will be hit as a result. frank lampard, they interim manager, the third manager of the season, openly said standards have dropped. he officially starts in july, that gives him a month to ascertain who is up to scratch. it is a tall order but you suspect pochettino is probably one of a handful of managers who might be able tojuggle it handful of managers who might be able to juggle it all. you mention when he goes to manage it all, the experience he would have had alread
philip schofield made on his instagram earlier today. he said, it s the same handful of people with a grudge against me or the show who seem to have the loudest voice. this morning is the best show to work on, with the best people. in all the years i worked there there was no toxicity. it is a family of wonderful, talented, kind, hard working people. this is how the top of the show started this morning. we all know we happen to be in the news at the moment, and of course we appreciate that, butjust from both of us and the whole team here, the crew, the guys downstairs, we love making this show for all of you. yeah, we really do, and that s exactly what what we re going to do, we re going to continue to do that. so let s go on with our first news story. gyles? we are very happy to be here, can i say that as well? - of course you can. this is a happy place to work. i enjoy coming in here and have done since i began coming here all those years ago. thank you, gyles. this is
political allies today saying they are up for the fight, for this election injuly. it was due to be held at the end of this year in december and i think many people felt that if that had gone ahead, it was going to be difficult but at least pedro sanchez had time to prepare himself and his party as well. he has now only got a few weeks before this election onjuly the 23rd. let s turn to north london. the town of luton, thousands of people have been on the streets after the play of results. a remarkable charged achievement of the weekend, we have seen an open top bus tour. live now to our correspondent nick schiller who s in luton what an extraordinary last few days.
you have played a massive part to where we are today, so thank you very much. 0ur correspondent nick schiller has spent the day in luton and gave me a sense of the mood there. luton town is really a club that is at the heart of the community, so thousands of them as you saw from those pictures turned out. i have got a little story. the bus was a little bit delayed because they couldn t find three of the players, so they delayed the bus route starting until they turned up. then it stopped on the route because one of the players fancied some takeaway chicken which one of the fans went and got for him so that he could eat on the bus as he was going to saint george s square, where there were thousands of people. i am outside the town hall which isjust thousands of people. i am outside the town hall which is just out from saint george s square. they are clearing up the mess that was left after those thousands of people were there. there has been a civic reception for the players in the