I wonder what he would have said if someone asked him if he would be married to his wife forever though ?
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Manager Mauricio Pochettino
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I wonder what he would have said if someone asked him if he would be married to his wife forever though ?
What manager in their right mind says "I will never leave this club"?
Even if he did say that, some would still question his commitment to the club!
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I’m aware of that.
He is stating the scenarios that could come to play. And the level of turnover of managers in the game is precisely the reason why most managers will take the opportunity when presented, it may well not come again. Just look at Koeman for example, his stock was extremely high last summer, numerous comments about him being a future Barca manager and look at him now. Poch positioned himself well in that interview but the intent it clear to see and the media absolutely picked up on this. Spurs brings me plenty of joy what doesn’t the capacity of football supporters to delude themselves from the realities of the game.
Every single word he has uttered since they day he rocked up at Southampton, he has shown his loyalty to his employer. When the big cheese at Southampton died and the board refused to back Cortse (the guy with the plan and who bought Poch in) Poch stood by Cortse and said he would leave if he was fired. It was Cortse that convinced him to stay after his sacking, that's how we were able to get him.
I'm not suggesting for one moment that the pull of Madrid isn't there, they are the biggest club in the world and having ruled out the 2nd biggest club, Barca, again for reasons close to loyalty his options are narrowed if he has ambitions to manage at the top.
All that said and done, his spoken numerous times about what he's doing here, what he wants to achieve here and he his well and truly plugged into this "project". That has seen him come in as a head coach reporting to a DoF, to being appointed as Manager not reporting to a DoF. He has earned the trust of Levy who has awarded him his biggest ever contract in football and has been given as much control on football matters as is possible in the modern game, certainly more than he would be given at Madrid. All his talk has been about building a potential dynasty, envying what Fergie achieved and this year making reference to Wenger's achievements at Woolwich.
It's at times like this that we will see if it's talk or if in fact he's plans are to build something if given the backing and opportunity at Spurs. The thing is we don't know him, this is his third job as manager (not including ladies team at Espanyol). Mourinho, Anchellotti, Conte, Wenger etc., etc., are known we know their type and how they operate. But in the limited roles he has had previously he has been very loyal and honourable in his dealings.
May be he a) Drops everything and goes running into the arms of Madrid b) Honours his contract but goes at the end of it c) or stays because he feels he can actually build a team that wins PL's and CL's. The latter is certainly the more attractive, has a greater longevity to it, the most romantic option.
We'll just have to wait and see, but on evidence so far, running off to Madrid now seems the least likely IMO, all guesswork of course.
Perhaps a manager that openly states that he would prefer to work on a farm in Argentina that manager certain clubs.
No it isn’t. You’ll believe any old spin.
Absolutely.
What’s wrong with that?
I'm not bothered by it one bit. I find it comical, my frivolous comment surely demonstrates this. Ho hum.
The ONLY person linking Koeman to Barca was Koeman, he never stopped talking about it.
Do you let your wife/partner go out at night without you? What if she's wearing a short dress and ditches the g-string, why does she need to do this when she's committed to you? Can only mean one thing, Mr Ron Madrid next door but one is know to have the biggest cock in the street, plus he drives an XF Jag whilst you have an XE, you don't stand a chance.
Oh come on, I have heard this narrative once before and it is ludicrous. Does anyone really believe that he would have turned down us had Cortesse stayed, that he would make career decisions over a potential offer at a far bigger club on the basis on the postion of a corporate director? He left Southampton because Tottenham Hotspur are a bigger entity than that club, the game is a pyramid structure, successful participants move one way. The notion that he would have rejected us is just as absurd as the one that he would reject Madrid to remain here .
The dynasty narrative is simply white noise, the game has moved on from those days. The average tenure of a manager is just over 12 months and Poch has done remarkably well to get this point. And there is little loyalty here, the club will readily dispense with him at the first sign of failure. We saw that with the likes of Jol and AVB and it will be no different now because that is where the game is at. When Leicester can sack a title winning manager less than a year after that success demonstrates that there is no security or stability in the modern game. And most managers and players are acutely aware of this, it is why most will take the opportunity when presented.
I’m not overly convinced that Madrid will be in for him, Klopp would be a far better option for them. However if they are then I have absolutely no doubts he would want to go there and I don’t begrudge him that, it is Real Madrid. If I were in the same postion I would certainly take the opportunity.
He ruled out Barca. They’re a bigger club. Stop throwing words like ‘ludicrous’ and ‘laughable’ around. You haven’t got a clue.
The media (and the Spanish media) we’re doing this as well. The point is that given what has transpired since then that narrative has ceased and will do for a number of years.
As for the analogy well if your wife or partner when asked about another man stated that she was happy but then said you never know what may happen in the future would you not be concerned by this? I dare you to say that when talking about your marriage to wife in the future.
And the basis of that was due to ties with Espanyol. Tell me if he was commited to staying he why didn’t he state he would reject the Madrid job when asked?
I didn’t know he was asked. Was he really asked that? I need quotes please.
Whats that got to do with committing to Spurs for life in a random interview
Every single thing you have written is speculative. You miss the absolute and the thing that actually happened and what was said. You do this because it doesn't support your position/view. Odd you would decide to do this, it's not a competition that supporters win or lose. Poch couldn't have been more loyal to Cortse, he publicly sided with him and said he would leave if he was sack. Cortse was sacked, he left. These are the facts. It's also clear as day that the "new" regime at Southampton is on a totally different plan to Cortse and have subsequently gone backwards following their meteoric rise with him, Cortse's plan was remarkably ambitious and he was targeting winning the PL as his objective, something that Poch 100% bought into. He was off the moment Cortse got the boot, enter Tottenham.
You can only judge people on their actions, to date he's been immaculate and loyal to his past employers, so forgive me if I hang my hat on this. I'm also looking at Levy's actions too, he has never stood by a manger in his 20yrs at Tottenham like he has with Poch. He has never given a new deal to the current manager (forgive me if I've got this wrong but can't think of one??), not only this he has awarded him greater responsibilities and with the longest contract ever given to a Manager in the Clubs entire history, all this from a Chairman famous for his ruthless and uncompromising dealings with every single one of his managers/coaches. These things are concrete, indisputable truths and all point to a strong relationship one that's in tandem.
The rest is speculation, he may well leave, my previous post gave three broad outline possibilities, all guesswork, I don't have a crystal ball, which is why I default to basing my guesswork on past facts, not invent something that didn't happen.
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Barca took in Paulinho, so on that basis I expect them to name Neil Warnock any day now.