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Mauricio Pochettino 'desperate' to win first trophy in English football

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Mauricio Pochettino has described himself as "desperate" to win his first trophy in English football after guiding Chelsea to this season’s Carabao Cup final. The Blues, who have struggled with performances and results throughout the campaign so far, put down arguably their best display yet under the Argentine with a clinical 6-1 win over Middlesbrough. Crucially, it overturned a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Championship side from the first leg. Chelsea will now face either Liverpool or Fulham – the Reds hold a 2-1 aggregate lead going into the second leg of their semi on Wednesday night – in the final at Wembley next month. "I am desperate to win a title here," Pochettino said, referencing having never previously been able to get his hands on a trophy with former club Tottenham Hotspur. "[My staff] won, in one year and a half in Paris, three trophies. We want to win here, of course." When Pochettino was appointed Spurs boss in 2014 after establishing ...

Chelsea striker joins Bundesliga club to play Champions League football

Chelsea striker David Datro Fofana has joined Union Berlin on loan for the duration of the 2023/24 season, a move that promises to offer the Ivory Coast international more game time. It will additionally see Fofana get the opportunity to play in the Champions League as a result of Union taking the Bundesliga by storm again last season and improving on their fifth place finish from 2021/22 to place fourth behind RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Were Fofana to have stayed at Stamford Bridge this coming season, he wouldn't have been playing European football of any kind after the Blues recorded their lowest Premier League finish since 1994. Having impressed for Molde in Norway, Fofana was one of six additions to the Chelsea squad during an extraordinarily busy January transfer window. Only 20, he made just three Premier League appearances despite the team's struggles, but now faces further competition for places from new forward arrivals Christopher Nkunku and Nic...