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easy one for the left, sessegnon, he won't be cheap though and all the big clubs will be after him too. I just hope he has seen the effect poch has had on rose
I'm hoping they would think Poch is to much of a risk as he hasn't won anything yet, maybe if we won the PL last season they might have been more keen.... every cloud and all I guess!
But I really really hope he does not leave, as I could see him taking half the team with him if he did!
Barcelona's last five managers:
Luis Enrique (Never won anything before going to Barcelona)
Gerardo Martino (Won the most)
Tito Vilanova (Never won anything before going to Barcelona)
Pep Guardiola (Never won anything before going to Barcelona)
Frank Riijkard (Never won anything before going to Barcelona)
Who was the least successful out of all of them? The guy who had won the most trophies.
I think what helps in our favour is that three of the last four managers had history with the club whereas Pochettino has history with their rivals. Money and trophies does talk though and if Barcelona were to give Pochettino free reigns over bringing youth through, playing free flowing football and getting the best out of players, he is the perfect candidate.
Didn't Poch say he wouldn't manage Barca because of his ties with Espanyol? Obviously there isn't to much loyalty in football today, but I think Poch wants to be part of our journey. Especially the new stadium and with the young players he's developing.
didnt realise this with the last managers at Barcelona, let's just hope Poch would rather build a legacy at spurs!
Said part of his heart will always belong to Espanyol... Would be worried about teams like PSG or Bayern tempting Poch, can't see him ever going to Barca or Real
didnt realise this with the last managers at Barcelona, let's just hope Poch would rather build a legacy at spurs!
It's potentially a career destroying job, so I think he might feel a bit too young to go for it. His son works for the club now, and I'm sure he's well settled.
That said, weren't some big clubs after AVB about 6 months before he got binned? Might feel like too good a step to turn down.
It's pretty clear it will be sampaoli.
I don't think the Espanyol-Barça thing is anything like as important as we would like it to be. FCB regard them almost like we'd regard QPR, it's probably mutual at an institutional level. As far as the fans go, Espanyol's closest team is Madrid, but I'd say that in a hypothetical fight to hire him, Pochettino would be a thousand times more likely to join FCB than RM.
Espanyol have sought to distance themselves from the old anti-Catalanista element, rebadging themselves a decade or so back as Real Club Deportiu Espanyol (the Catalan spelling, although they had to invent the word Deportiu in Catalan in order to maintan the RCD bit) after previously being Real Club Deportivo Español. For someone coming from outside, these squabbles are irrelevant, MP is big friends with Ivan de la Peña, who played for and is loved by both clubs and FCBs Carles Pujol. His sons speak Catalan (were born there) and identify themselves as such (as he said in a recent interview in Spanish with the La Nación newspaper in Argentina).
Espanyol have sought to distance themselves from the old anti-Catalanista element, rebadging themselves a decade or so back as Real Club Deportiu Espanyol (the Catalan spelling, although they had to invent the word Deportiu in Catalan in order to maintan the RCD bit) after previously being Real Club Deportivo Español. For someone coming from outside, these squabbles are irrelevant, MP is big friends with Ivan de la Peña, who played for and is loved by both clubs and FCBs Carles Pujol. His sons speak Catalan (were born there) and identify themselves as such (as he said in a recent interview in Spanish with the La Nación newspaper in Argentina).
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I really doubt Poch is going anywhere. As long as he is happy where he is he will stay.
Take a look at @spurs_family's Tweet:
I'd actually love to see that...or Wenger.
I agree 100%.
This time round it'll prob be the Seville guy. In a few years, if Poch has made good progress with us, I think he would be likely to go to FCB. The Espanyol history bit is red herring.
