Chavhater01
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This made me smile.
Dorset
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A bloke on the BBC said this morning that 'Spurs fans are angry that the Poch is the favourite to replace the arrogant one'. I'm not angry, of course he would be their favourite. I'm happy that we have the best manager in World football at the moment. I'm happy that the other clubs are jealous and they can't have him.
Don Diaz
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Hang on....as recently as Monday, apparently he wasn't any good because he hasn't won anything. I wish the media would make their minds up, or maybe most of them just publicise a load of shit that stupid people believe.
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Well, however we feel about it, the speculation is not going to end anytime soon, in no small part because Poch isn't stupid and has no reason to want it to end, even if he's not really open to going to Manchester or Madrid or Munich or wherever. At the very least from his perspective it puts pressure on Levy.
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Speculation from the Times - perfect example of making a story from a non story to fill media sites and column inches.
Mauricio Pochettino wants to be considered for the Manchester United manager’s job next season despite having four-and-a-half years left on his contract at Tottenham Hotspur.
The Argentinian is understood to regard the opportunity of moving to Old Trafford as too good to turn down, although it would cost United £34 million in compensation to prise him from Tottenham, which would take the club’s total bill for sacking José Mourinho earlier today past £50 million.
Pochettino refused to rule out the possibility of moving to United when asked about his intentions in a press conference today and is believed to have given the prospect serious thought already.
Despite his attachment to Tottenham and good working relationship with chairman Daniel Levy the 46-year-old is understood to have deep frustrations about the way the club his run, particularly regarding the lack of backing he has received in the transfer market, a tightly-controlled wage structure, the failure to offload players he no longer wanted last summer and delays to the opening of their new stadium.
Pochettino will have to continue operating within such financial restrictions at Tottenham for several years even after the stadium is open, which would not apply to him at Old Trafford.
While United may not appear to be the right fit for a manager who values a strong work ethic and team unity above a superstar culture, Pochettino has doubts about whether he can achieve all his ambitions at Tottenham, who have not won a trophy for ten years. Despite being criticised by some observers for prioritising Champions League qualification ahead of silverware, Pochettino is very ambitious and is not content with finishing in the top four every year.
COCK
Pochettino is also coveted by Real Madrid, who are also planning to make a permanent managerial appointment at the end of the season, but views the United job as a greater opportunity as it is becomes available less frequently.
After years of underachievement since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013 Pochettino is also convinced that it would not make much to make a significant improvement, particularly if he is backed in the transfer market.
United are understood to be preparing an offer for Pochettino and his entire first-team coaching staff — Jesús Pérez, Toni Jiménez and Miguel D’Agostino — to move to Old Trafford, but must first reach an agreement with Tottenham.
The club tied Pochettino to a new five-year contract worth £8.5 million per season last summer which does not contain a release clause, leaving United with no option but to buy it out in full in order to secure him.
Meanwhile, Tottenham have activated the option to extend Jan Vertonghen’s contract by one year to 2020.
Mauricio Pochettino wants to be considered for the Manchester United manager’s job next season despite having four-and-a-half years left on his contract at Tottenham Hotspur.
The Argentinian is understood to regard the opportunity of moving to Old Trafford as too good to turn down, although it would cost United £34 million in compensation to prise him from Tottenham, which would take the club’s total bill for sacking José Mourinho earlier today past £50 million.
Pochettino refused to rule out the possibility of moving to United when asked about his intentions in a press conference today and is believed to have given the prospect serious thought already.
Despite his attachment to Tottenham and good working relationship with chairman Daniel Levy the 46-year-old is understood to have deep frustrations about the way the club his run, particularly regarding the lack of backing he has received in the transfer market, a tightly-controlled wage structure, the failure to offload players he no longer wanted last summer and delays to the opening of their new stadium.
Pochettino will have to continue operating within such financial restrictions at Tottenham for several years even after the stadium is open, which would not apply to him at Old Trafford.
While United may not appear to be the right fit for a manager who values a strong work ethic and team unity above a superstar culture, Pochettino has doubts about whether he can achieve all his ambitions at Tottenham, who have not won a trophy for ten years. Despite being criticised by some observers for prioritising Champions League qualification ahead of silverware, Pochettino is very ambitious and is not content with finishing in the top four every year.
COCK Pochettino is also coveted by Real Madrid, who are also planning to make a permanent managerial appointment at the end of the season, but views the United job as a greater opportunity as it is becomes available less frequently.
After years of underachievement since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013 Pochettino is also convinced that it would not make much to make a significant improvement, particularly if he is backed in the transfer market.
United are understood to be preparing an offer for Pochettino and his entire first-team coaching staff — Jesús Pérez, Toni Jiménez and Miguel D’Agostino — to move to Old Trafford, but must first reach an agreement with Tottenham.
The club tied Pochettino to a new five-year contract worth £8.5 million per season last summer which does not contain a release clause, leaving United with no option but to buy it out in full in order to secure him.
Meanwhile, Tottenham have activated the option to extend Jan Vertonghen’s contract by one year to 2020.
skiathospurs
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Pochettino is also coveted by Real Madrid, who are also planning to make a permanent managerial appointment at the end of the season, but views the United job as a greater opportunity as it is becomes available less frequently.
Loool,
moyse,giggs,lvg,jose since fergie,not quite sure about that or the rest of the bollox written.
Loool,
moyse,giggs,lvg,jose since fergie,not quite sure about that or the rest of the bollox written.
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Love to see what was said afterwards, off camera.
Dorset
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I liked the Press Officer stamping out the United questions this morning. His Excellency the Poch was his usual charming self, laughing and saying that the PO was 'the star' of the show and saying (very politely) for those who don't like rotation to fuck off. No wonder every other club on the planet want him, I say very unpolitely to them - fuck off.
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I would have got security to eject the twat.. Can I ask you this...NO......So I will ask you this...NO... Well i will just ask you this....NO... The funniest thing was MoPo saying you are the star of the show to our guy. The press need to create a story to make money. Poch is not going anywhere. Why are they not targeting Klopp?
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How on earth sky`s relationship to the gambling industry isnt under investigation I really dont know?It would be bad enough if it was just surrounding their business relationships with lets face it 50% of tv matchday advertising from bethis,bethat,betbetbet.com (why when i watch overseas streams are the adverts for a new SUV,jack daniels,beer,dell computers and UK advertising is just flooded with so many gambling adverts).But the real cherry on the turd is skys own company skybet,with skysportsnews manipulating markets,creating markets,controlling them.Add links to murdochs media sun,times and any wonder these channels of media are so wayward in the truth and reporting?Its a fucking national disgrace,funded by the FA,prem league the fucking skybet championship,I ask you is it not insider trading at its most obvious and to frequently the most vulnerable??
Might as well go back to sponsors like benson&hedges,opiate bongs inc or anything else preying on addiction.
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I’m very grumpy this morning, it’s that ignorant, gobby (literally) cunt, Carragher again. I think he must have a personal anti Spurs agenda, he spouted similar nonsense in the same Telegraph Sport ‘news’paper a couple of weeks ago.
This weekends missive concerns Poch who apparently ‘has to go to United’ and finishes with ‘one of footballs biggest surprises if they didn’t get him’
This fucking bastard clearly knows nothing about Spurs, Poch or dealing with Daniel Levy. He probably isn’t capable of even writing the drivel himself. Get this prick out of the media and back into his bedroom with a box of Liverpool branded tissues and a picture of Jurgen Klopp. He has nothing to offer any of us.
Fuck off Carragher, you’re Neville’s puppet at best.
This weekends missive concerns Poch who apparently ‘has to go to United’ and finishes with ‘one of footballs biggest surprises if they didn’t get him’
This fucking bastard clearly knows nothing about Spurs, Poch or dealing with Daniel Levy. He probably isn’t capable of even writing the drivel himself. Get this prick out of the media and back into his bedroom with a box of Liverpool branded tissues and a picture of Jurgen Klopp. He has nothing to offer any of us.
Fuck off Carragher, you’re Neville’s puppet at best.
Motspur Hotspur
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What he does know though is that a Poch driven Spurs is a MASSIVE threat to Liverpool.
Rev John Ripsher
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Poch on Sky Sports this morning saying that as we have 28 players in our squad he says "It is impossible to sign players if we do not have space for new players. Look what happened in the champions league with Juan Foyth and Vincent Janssen. There is no sense to talk about signing new players."
Rev John Ripsher
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Must be silly season...
THE TIMES
Real Madrid would prefer to appoint Jose Mourinho as their next manager rather than Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Manchester United also want Tottenham's head of coaching and player development John McDermott as part of their plans to recruit Mauricio Pochettino.
DAILY MAIL
Mauricio Pochettino will not let his relationship with chairman Daniel Levy stop him walking away from Tottenham.
THE TIMES
Real Madrid would prefer to appoint Jose Mourinho as their next manager rather than Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Manchester United also want Tottenham's head of coaching and player development John McDermott as part of their plans to recruit Mauricio Pochettino.
DAILY MAIL
Mauricio Pochettino will not let his relationship with chairman Daniel Levy stop him walking away from Tottenham.
Yid
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Symptom of being at the top... other want to copy and emulate.
There is only one way to go once you are at the top.
There is only one way to go once you are at the top.
Rev John Ripsher
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I have only started to take note of how much third parties want to unsettle us since the Gareth Bale saga. It comes from everywhere, doesn't it? Don't take any notice.
Rev John Ripsher
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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe on reports linking him as an eventual successor to Pochettino at Spurs: "Tottenham have an outstanding manager who is doing an unbelievable job. I do not pay it any attention whatsoever. It has got absolutely no relevance to me.
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^^^^^ Priceless! 
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literally !!!^^^^^ Priceless!
Don Diaz
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Some brilliant direct answers and honesty from the great man, from the link provided by @skiathospurs and article on Football London by Alasdair Gold. This may of course be to tickle Levy's purse strings and fear of a United switch. Sir Poch - no comparison to any other manager that I know of.
You didn't buy anyone in the summer and you're hinting you may not sign anyone now, but you're in the title race, does that show the strength of your coaching ability and the strength of your squad?
I think I need to be honest. The honesty is the most important thing. Of course the pressure came from ourselves. I want to win the Premier League. The players, Jesus, want to win the Premier League or Champions League or a trophy. It’s our own pressure or stress that we try to put in to win.
But some clubs are in a different project. Some clubs it’s only about winning. If they sign a manager it’s about winning titles, winning the Premier League or to be in the top four.
But for us when we arrived at Tottenham it was completely different. The objective was different. Of course now after nearly five years the club is on another level than five years ago, but how we operate in four or five years didn’t change. That is the point when sometimes people talk about winning titles. One thing is to reduce the gap with the top four, to be competitive, to create a team capable of fighting with the big sides. But if after we want to win titles we need to operate in a different way.
At the moment we operate in the same way as we operated in five years ago when we arrived. Of course, maybe we can win some titles but it’s going to be a tough job to do because in that situation every club in the last five years was improving a lot.
The other day I saw a stat that in the last 10 years in England and in Europe how the teams were spending money, and I think we were on the bottom, in England and Europe. Of course we’re doing a fantastic job but if we want to be real contenders we need to operate in a different way in the future. At the moment it’s fantastic, so far so good, but we’ll see if it’s enough to challenge and be consistent in the next five years operating in that way, if we’re capable to fight with the big sides in the same way that we’ve fought in the last four or five years.
Do you think Tottenham will ever have the resources to compete with Man City and Man United over a long period of time?
I am not the same as I was five years ago and neither are the players. Always you need to refresh the squad. You need to add quality. Always you know. I am not the same five years ago as I am now. Sometimes you need to refresh and all the team are trying to improve. Of course you cannot keep the same squad for five years. It’s going to be difficult to find the motivation.
Some players after five years have the same desire to work with you like the first day. Some players after one season they need a different challenge, different voice. They need to move. All this situation we cannot explain properly because my English isn’t so good.
That is why it’s a fantastic thing that we didn’t sign but keep the squad motivated. 95 per cent of the squad is happy, accept the rules and are happy with us. You can feel that. We will see if we can stay for a long long way like this. I think not but in football anything can happen.
You didn't buy anyone in the summer and you're hinting you may not sign anyone now, but you're in the title race, does that show the strength of your coaching ability and the strength of your squad?
I think I need to be honest. The honesty is the most important thing. Of course the pressure came from ourselves. I want to win the Premier League. The players, Jesus, want to win the Premier League or Champions League or a trophy. It’s our own pressure or stress that we try to put in to win.
But some clubs are in a different project. Some clubs it’s only about winning. If they sign a manager it’s about winning titles, winning the Premier League or to be in the top four.
But for us when we arrived at Tottenham it was completely different. The objective was different. Of course now after nearly five years the club is on another level than five years ago, but how we operate in four or five years didn’t change. That is the point when sometimes people talk about winning titles. One thing is to reduce the gap with the top four, to be competitive, to create a team capable of fighting with the big sides. But if after we want to win titles we need to operate in a different way.
At the moment we operate in the same way as we operated in five years ago when we arrived. Of course, maybe we can win some titles but it’s going to be a tough job to do because in that situation every club in the last five years was improving a lot.
The other day I saw a stat that in the last 10 years in England and in Europe how the teams were spending money, and I think we were on the bottom, in England and Europe. Of course we’re doing a fantastic job but if we want to be real contenders we need to operate in a different way in the future. At the moment it’s fantastic, so far so good, but we’ll see if it’s enough to challenge and be consistent in the next five years operating in that way, if we’re capable to fight with the big sides in the same way that we’ve fought in the last four or five years.
Do you think Tottenham will ever have the resources to compete with Man City and Man United over a long period of time?
I am not the same as I was five years ago and neither are the players. Always you need to refresh the squad. You need to add quality. Always you know. I am not the same five years ago as I am now. Sometimes you need to refresh and all the team are trying to improve. Of course you cannot keep the same squad for five years. It’s going to be difficult to find the motivation.
Some players after five years have the same desire to work with you like the first day. Some players after one season they need a different challenge, different voice. They need to move. All this situation we cannot explain properly because my English isn’t so good.
That is why it’s a fantastic thing that we didn’t sign but keep the squad motivated. 95 per cent of the squad is happy, accept the rules and are happy with us. You can feel that. We will see if we can stay for a long long way like this. I think not but in football anything can happen.
Don Diaz
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Some more - the bloke is the dogs testes, utter class. This is the real story, cheap Sun journo's and others like them can all fuck off, as far as I'm concerned. I worship at the Pochettino church, it's good enough for me.
Has your mentality changed since that Battle of the Bridge?
Yes, I think yes. Football is about quality, yes, it's about talent, yes but it's [mainly] about mentality. It's about being strong in your mind and to compete. It's about energy, attitude. If you match the opponent in motivation, attitude and energy, of course your quality is going to appear. We were very nice kids playing football and now we're more mature, more competitive. We'll see if that is enough to win titles. We grew a lot in the last few years and this game was important to learn a lot. I think we learned. Doesn't mean we're going to win the Premier League or Champions League tomorrow but be sure we learned a lot from this game and are much better.
Is there pressure on you or the players to win something this year?
The problem is so dangerous about what the people perceive and what the reality is. We live in the reality here. If I am in League Two or non league and I face teams like Tottenham or Chelsea or United or City, always in my mind is about winning. Sure, that I am going to think that we can beat them. We are in Tottenham in a project that today is not only win, it is maybe…okay I don’t want to say a percentage but it is about to win, but it is about to care about the financial side. It is about to build the new stadium to help to do or to finish the project, that it is a project that is going to be a massive legacy for the club, for the fans, for the players in the future, for the new coaching staff, manager. It is going to be fantastic to have this possibility to work here in those facilities. It is amazing.
But when you are in charge like a coach or a manager, like what happened with Arsene Wenger, that they were building the new stadium but at the same moment you have a lot of limitations and the people demand you to win but you don’t have the same tools to fight with other clubs. Of course it is going to be fantastic, but the most important thing that I accept that challenge when Daniel Levy called me to offer a contract here. He was clear - him and Joe Lewis. And they say to me on this - and this guy was in front (points at Jesus Perez) - they said: ‘Mauricio, you need to prepare and to help the club to arrive to the new stadium.
When we finish the new stadium, in the first season on the new stadium, [we need] to have a team that can finish in the top four in the season after.’ We are in advance, no? That is why sometimes I laugh when the people say we need to win a trophy. Yes, but look at the project - how we are in advance. And that is true and you can ask Joe Lewis or Daniel Levy or ask Jesus. That is what they say to me. But we are so ambitious and we have the ambition to win. Of course, we want to win and be competitive and that it is in the way we are now. But I accept that challenge. But now we cannot say the club is in a position that is all bad.
I think we are in an amazing position. The club is finishing the new stadium, one of the best stadiums in the world. The team is so competitive that we are involved for the third season in a row in the Champions League, playing the last year and a half in Wembley away from home. What more? Of course win and I want to win tomorrow. I want to win Sunday. I want to win, yes of course. But we will see if we can do something important.
Has your mentality changed since that Battle of the Bridge?
Yes, I think yes. Football is about quality, yes, it's about talent, yes but it's [mainly] about mentality. It's about being strong in your mind and to compete. It's about energy, attitude. If you match the opponent in motivation, attitude and energy, of course your quality is going to appear. We were very nice kids playing football and now we're more mature, more competitive. We'll see if that is enough to win titles. We grew a lot in the last few years and this game was important to learn a lot. I think we learned. Doesn't mean we're going to win the Premier League or Champions League tomorrow but be sure we learned a lot from this game and are much better.
Is there pressure on you or the players to win something this year?
The problem is so dangerous about what the people perceive and what the reality is. We live in the reality here. If I am in League Two or non league and I face teams like Tottenham or Chelsea or United or City, always in my mind is about winning. Sure, that I am going to think that we can beat them. We are in Tottenham in a project that today is not only win, it is maybe…okay I don’t want to say a percentage but it is about to win, but it is about to care about the financial side. It is about to build the new stadium to help to do or to finish the project, that it is a project that is going to be a massive legacy for the club, for the fans, for the players in the future, for the new coaching staff, manager. It is going to be fantastic to have this possibility to work here in those facilities. It is amazing.
But when you are in charge like a coach or a manager, like what happened with Arsene Wenger, that they were building the new stadium but at the same moment you have a lot of limitations and the people demand you to win but you don’t have the same tools to fight with other clubs. Of course it is going to be fantastic, but the most important thing that I accept that challenge when Daniel Levy called me to offer a contract here. He was clear - him and Joe Lewis. And they say to me on this - and this guy was in front (points at Jesus Perez) - they said: ‘Mauricio, you need to prepare and to help the club to arrive to the new stadium.
When we finish the new stadium, in the first season on the new stadium, [we need] to have a team that can finish in the top four in the season after.’ We are in advance, no? That is why sometimes I laugh when the people say we need to win a trophy. Yes, but look at the project - how we are in advance. And that is true and you can ask Joe Lewis or Daniel Levy or ask Jesus. That is what they say to me. But we are so ambitious and we have the ambition to win. Of course, we want to win and be competitive and that it is in the way we are now. But I accept that challenge. But now we cannot say the club is in a position that is all bad.
I think we are in an amazing position. The club is finishing the new stadium, one of the best stadiums in the world. The team is so competitive that we are involved for the third season in a row in the Champions League, playing the last year and a half in Wembley away from home. What more? Of course win and I want to win tomorrow. I want to win Sunday. I want to win, yes of course. But we will see if we can do something important.
skiathospurs
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Please Mr Murdoch gimme a job,i can do that
"when Pochetinno was asked if the players were happy under him replied "The players, Jesus, want to win the Premier League or Champions League or a trophy"
Don Diaz
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Join the queue.........
Don Diaz
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Poch wants to be at Spurs for 20 years.....according to a BBC report.
Mauricio Pochettino says he hopes to be Tottenham boss for 20 years and perhaps finish his career with the club.
The 46-year-old Argentine has guided Spurs to fifth, third, second and third in his four completed league seasons since joining from Southampton in 2014.
"I hope, or I wish to be here 20 years, and decide to leave or to finish my career here," said Pochettino.
"I am so focused here, and want to help the club to achieve what the club want to be in history."
He added: "It would be fantastic. I am so happy to be here. I am so happy to work in that pressure. Why not?"
Pochettino hopes to emulate the longevity of Arsene Wenger, who was manager of north London rivals Arsenal for 22 years before leaving at the end of last season.
The Argentine said: "But I don't know because I need to ask [Wenger] one day, if I have the possibility, if he is so happy in the way that he finished. What I saw from my point of view, it was so unfair how the people treated him."
Mauricio Pochettino says he hopes to be Tottenham boss for 20 years and perhaps finish his career with the club.
The 46-year-old Argentine has guided Spurs to fifth, third, second and third in his four completed league seasons since joining from Southampton in 2014.
"I hope, or I wish to be here 20 years, and decide to leave or to finish my career here," said Pochettino.
"I am so focused here, and want to help the club to achieve what the club want to be in history."
He added: "It would be fantastic. I am so happy to be here. I am so happy to work in that pressure. Why not?"
Pochettino hopes to emulate the longevity of Arsene Wenger, who was manager of north London rivals Arsenal for 22 years before leaving at the end of last season.
The Argentine said: "But I don't know because I need to ask [Wenger] one day, if I have the possibility, if he is so happy in the way that he finished. What I saw from my point of view, it was so unfair how the people treated him."
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Don Diaz
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You still want a job with Murdoch??......and here is how one rag reported said interview
skiathospurs
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Hell yeah,you can just sit at home and make stuff up.Pretty soon journalism will be divided into fiction and non-fiction.
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