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AVB wasn't sacked.
It's not just about being backed in the transfer market, in fact that's the least of it. And to say they were backed the same over Adebayor is laughable. We had ITK that AVB was grilled by Levy over why our our highest earner was being ostracised and it was one of the catalysts in him falling out with Levy. Poch was given carte blanche to rid the club of him, and a whole bunch of other players. And Poch also didn't have the background tw*ts like Sherwood and Freund being appointed to positions that interfered with his remit and were constantly briefing Levy behind his back.
Of course there are differences, and I think Poch is a better overall package, but their ethos's aren't that dissimilar, and Poch unquestionably benefitted from lessons learnt by Levy during AVB's tenure. AVB achieved our highest points tally and highest wins in a season (up to that point) missing out on CL by one point, having lost Modric, and at the time he was sacked he was averaging more ppg than the previous season I think, having lost Bale (and VDV and effectively Adebayor, Gallas, Parker). I very much doubt Poch would be looking so sexy if this team lost Kane, Alli and Eriksen, as it is, there have been many games where Poch and AVB's football has been very similar, even with those players.
You contradict yourself about whether AVB was sacked. Was that just a slip?