Also managed tottenham and southampton but is yet to win a domestic trophy. Earlier, i caught up with bbc 5live s senior football reporter ian dennis who told me the news could come as some surprise. They finished with five successive wins and pochettino secured european football for chelsea for next season so on the surface it may seem a little odd. I wonder if there may be some chelsea fans baffled by this, given pochettino s history with tottenham there may be some who are not too upset to see the back of him but given how well they did at the end of the season and just starting to click into place i think there may be some wondering what is next, what do the owners want from chelsea because pochettino did salvage it Against All Odds for european football next season. Where do you think the decision has come from . There was speculation but effectively it has kind of come out of the blue, really, on a tuesday night. I blue, really, on a tuesday niuht. , blue, really, on a tuesday ni