Chelsea are inching closer to appointing Mauricio Pochettino as their new permanent manager, 90min understands, with only minor details left to iron out in negotiations.

Focus has been solely on Pochettino ever since Julian Nagelsmann withdrew from talks with Chelsea and 90min revealed last month that an agreement had been reached in principle for the former Tottenham and PSG boss to take over at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea's decision-makers are understood to have met over the weekend to discuss the progress of their pursuit of Pochetino, whose lawyers have now received a contract as the Blues try and bring the hiring process to an end a month after Graham Potter was sacked.