McKenna and Amorim playing a waiting game over Poch's future

RUBEN AMORIM and Kieran McKenna are both waiting in the wings in case Chelsea opt to make a managerial change this week.

- Nick Purewal

Mauricio Pochettino is due for talks with Chelsea's hierarchy in the coming days as part of an end-of-season review that will decide his future.

Pochettino admitted again yesterday that he remains in the dark on his status for next season, despite meeting co-owner Todd Boehly for dinner on Friday night.

Chelsea's owners have kept tabs on managers they admire ever since buying the club in 2022 and are thought to have sounded out representatives of both Sporting's Amorim and Ipswich manager McKenna in recent weeks.

Amorim was one of the first managers to catch the eye of Chelsea's owners after their takeover, and Boehly, Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano have been impressed with him ever since. Even when Graham Potter was in charge, Amorim was understood to be among the nucleus of managers considered as future Chelsea bosses.