Chelsea Could Face Sanction if Mauricio Pochettino Is Fired
The Argentine coach is going through his lowest moments as the Blues' manager after suffering two heavy defeats, but the club risks a penalty if they dismiss him.
The poor results achieved by Chelsea in the last matches, with two heavy defeats against Liverpool and Wolves, have placed Mauricio Pochettino at the center of all criticism.
Chelsea is currently eleventh in the table with one of the worst records in the league in terms of goals conceded (39), one more than scored (38), and is closer to relegation places than to Europe.
That's why the Argentine coach is more disputed than ever as the head of the Blues bench. However, Chelsea will have to think twice about dismissing him in light of the information revealed by the Daily Mail.
According to the newspaper, the London club fears that his dismissal could put the entity at risk of violating the Premier League's spending rules. Dismissing the Argentine strategist and his entire staff would cost Chelsea, according to the same information, more than £10 million (12.6 million dollars).
An amount that, if it had to be paid at this time, would count towards the financial year of the current season, something that, considering the over £1 billion spent on transfers by Chelsea since Todd Boehly took over the club, could constitute a breach of the aforementioned English league spending rules.
Therefore, while Chelsea, according to the same source, is not considering his immediate dismissal, they will have to seriously consider it before making a decision in the hypothetical case that the results continue to be poor for the team.
