Chelsea's reported list of managerial candidates is down to three names after former Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann withdrew.
Sky Sports have reported that the former Bayern tactician is no longer under consideration after recent talks with the club for the head coach role.
Nagelsmann was recently sacked by the Bundesliga giants earlier this month, but the report claims that he was seen as a favourite to take over at Stamford Bridge.
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There are only three names left on the reported short-list, which includes Former Tottenham Hotspur coach Mauricio Pochettino, Bunrley manager Vincent Kompany and one un-named coach.
Sky Sports claim that Pochettino does have admirers at Stamford Bridge and was also approached after Thomas Tuchel was sacked in September 2021, although the Argentine will assess his options.
Pochettino has been out of work since leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the 2021/2022 season, but former Manchester United star Gary Neville feels the Argentine could be the right choice.
"Based on what [Chelsea co-owner Todd] Boehly has said, Chelsea have done their spending for the next three years - apart from signing a centre forward," Neville said on Monday Night Football earlier this month, as per Sky Sports.
"If they appoint Zinedine Zidane, Luis Enrique or Diego Simeone, they're going to want to have another £300m as they won't like some of the players they've previously signed.
"They've got to appoint a manager who is going to inherit and like the squad that they've got - a lot of them are young - and I think that man is Mauricio Pochettino."
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