Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali have some big questions to answer in the wake of Mauricio Pochettino's exit from Chelsea. Pochettino left the club by mutual consent on Tuesday night, leaving Chelsea on the hunt for their third permanent manager in the Boehly era.

The decision came as something of a shock to many, with Pochettino appearing to have turned the ship around after what had been a difficult season in the Premier League. Persistent calls for the boss to be sacked were refuted, with Pochettino turning the Blues' fortunes around and eventually guiding them to a sixth-placed finish in the Premier League.

European football will be back at Stamford Bridge next season as a result of the turnaround, but Pochettino will not be there to oversee it.

A number of names have been linked with the vacant post already, with the likes of Kieran McKenna - who helped Ipswich Town get promoted to the Premier League - and Roberto De Zerbi heavily linked.

Before someone is named as Pochettino's successor though, the Chelsea fans will want a number of questions answered by the board. football.london looks at those questions...

What do they actually want from the next man in charge?

There's lots of talk about being a manager and being a head coach in the current climate and that appears to be a big thing when it comes to Chelsea. Mauricio Pochettino wanted to have a say in what goes on around the club, the owners did not agree.

Boehly and Eghbali are looking for a head coach, someone who is going to deal with the players at his disposal on the training ground, coaching and picking a team capable of winning games of football.

There have also been rumours, however, of there being an unhappiness with Pochettino's coaching methods - although that is not thought to have come from the players. The squad themselves seem disappointed and angry at the decision, and whoever comes in is going to have to deal with having huge pressure from above.

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Will the new manager get any say in transfers?

Looking at what we've said above - no. The owners and the number-crunchers appear to want to bring in the players they think will transform the club on the pitch and then expect the incoming boss to work their magic with them at Cobham and in matches.

It is not an unusual way of doing things; a number of clubs take this approach, but the question will be just how hands on the owners want to be in this process. Can a Premier League football boss really just deal with training and matchdays and have no input in what goes on behind the scenes whatsoever?

It is not just incoming transfers either, Pochettino was keen to keep the likes of Trevoh Chalobah and Conor Gallagher at the club. But as homegrown stars, Chelsea can make 'pure profit' selling them and that could have had an impact on the talks between the owners and Pochettino.

There needs to be a little bit of give and take on both sides, but whether that is possible is another question.

How long will the process take?

Chelsea will want to get this process wrapped up as quickly as possible, particularly with Brighton also in the market for a new boss and Manchester United potentially one week away from doing the same.

Reports have suggested the owners are looking to get a new man in position in days, rather than weeks, and with the European Championships and Copa America tournaments just around the corner, making a decision quickly could prove to be key.

Whatever happens though, it is yet another season in which there is upheaval for the players to deal with - new processes to adapt to and new relationships to be built.

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Will the new manager be trusted?

It is a broad term, but you never know in football just how moods can change. Boehly may not have been speaking directly about Pochettino, but at the Qatar Economic Forum last week he spoke about "patience".

He said: "The number one thing is you've got to be patient. You're putting something together and you're expecting it to come together really quickly and the reality is that anything really good take a bit of time.

"So patience was always in our thoughts. You've got to have the resolve to not hear all the noise going on around you and at the same time remain patient and committed to the plan."

Was Pochettino really part of the plan? And if he wasn't, why appoint him in the first place last year? It's another wasted season at Stamford Bridge, really.

And if Pochettino is allowed to leave just a week after Boehly admitted the club needed to be patient, what does that mean for any incoming manager?

What will the expectations be?

It's clear that sixth place is not where Chelsea aspire to be. A club of the size and statute of the Blues should be challenging at the top of the Premier League table.

The reality is it has not been that way for a number of years now, and when you go through a period like that, there is an expected transition time. Chelsea were in transition this season. Pochettino knew things would not improve overnight. But they did improve.

From languishing in 12th, Pochettino got the Blues playing, pulled the squad together - through a quite ridiculous injury crisis - and got them to sixth place and European football once more. Not to mention a Carabao Cup final - which they should have won - and the FA Cup semi-final - which they should have won too.

If that's not good enough, it begs the question what will the minimum requirement be next season for the new man in charge? Top four is surely the bare minimum. Manchester City and Arsenal are odds-on for two of those spots. Liverpool may be in transition themselves after Jurgen Klopp's departure, but Tottenham will expect to be better, as will Manchester United. Top four is not a given.