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Yep seems the Spurs PR team are getting out there and doing their work. Would rather the company line be "He is not leaving and is excited to lead us into the new stadium" rather than "no release cause or verbal agreement".
You just enjoy disagreeing with me for the sake of it. Which I in turn enjoy, because then I know I'm right.
I may be wrong about this, I certainly don't know anything about UK contract law, but if I'm not mistaken the most we can hold out for is the total value of the contract, which would be 42.5 million. Either that or we can hold Poch hostage and refuse him the dream of every South American footballer, and prevent him from reaching the pinnacle of his profession. Let's not pretend there wouldn't be negative ramifications from that either.I don't know what you've read on this to suggest he has a buyout clause, but a contract can be written such that without agreement from one party, the other party can not engage in work for a competitor. We don't know the terms of this contract Poch signed. Assuming RM can just buy the contract out for the £42.5m is a really big assumption.
This is why I think there is no gentleman's agreement. If Poch needed a contractual reassurance that he could leave for PSG or RM, DL could easily insert such a buyout clause that stipulates those specific organizations with an outlandish buyout clause, and no buyout clause for any other organization. There doesn't need to be "an understanding", there can be agreed to terms that then support such an understanding.
A contract can have all manner of stipulations and requirements in it. Anything that is not specified in the contract will mean Spurs have exclusive rights to work in football as a manager with no way out other than agreement from the club for transfer, based on what Levy is willing to negotiate.
Losing Pochettino would have substantial financial penalties for Spurs going into the new stadium. Ones that I believe are so severe, that the negative impacts of letting him go to RM are such that it would be worth forcing Pochettino to do nothing for 5 years if he refused to manage the club after making this agreement.
If Poch leaves, the money from RM will be enough and more to offset the financial damages of letting him leave. This means accounting for the damages of losing your stars, harming your growing fan base (both domestic and internationally) and right when you're about to take on a major market risk with one of the newest, greatest stadiums ever built.
You know what? Forget the willingness, the dreams, the desires, the interest. Re-reading what I've written here, the reason I don't see Pochettino to Real Madrid? I don't think Real Madrid can afford to pay Spurs the cost of losing Mauricio Pochettino this summer.
But to me it’s logical he really is the only stand out candidate
The other option is Wenger and wait until poch is available
Mate there has probably never been a time in my life where o many top managers are available.But to me it’s logical he really is the only stand out candidate
The other option is Wenger and wait until poch is available
I wish Poch hadn't signed his new contract yet, so I could enjoy him putting all this silliness to bed by signing it tomorrow morning and full-mooning Perez at the press conference.
I'm surprised they've wanted him so much. No slight on his ability but he's a horrible fit. He's got no history of winning things, something Madrid demand. He's a long term manager, Madrid is a short term job. The egos that come with Madrid won't buy into his philosophy as they've already done it all. He'll fall out with players left and right. He likes to develop players whereas Madrid buy already developed players who come with ego. He's not an ex Madrid legend who'd give him time.
He'll be coming in with nothing on CV to allow patience, minute he lost a big game fans be wanting him gone. It's never made any sense from their side, I think a Conte type is better for them. Someone who immediately comes in succeeds and then goes after couple of years.
I think that's one reason, yes. The only other reason is that Madrid would pay so much that it ended up making sense to Levy. Which I don't think they will at this point.I mean you are right, but when was the last time someone left right after signing a contract. Ultimately, its a sign of commitment. It rarely happens that someone leaves in those circumstances. Only reason it should change is if Levy has really shown that he is not prepared or unable to stick to his side of the bargain.
I think we're going to ger a lot of he said/she said popping around this
Mate there has probably never been a time in my life where o many top managers are available.
Conte, Wenger, Sarri, Anchelotti with allegri also angling for a move and Low probably also available.
I'd say all those choices bar Sarri are better choices when managing a club of ego's. Unless Poch gets backing to do what he wants and remake the team, which under Perez is highly unlikely I highly doubt Poch would be success there. Conte would be my choice if I were Perez, I guess his stock is a bit low at the moment but he is a proven winner and is not a revolutionary systems based coach that Madrid are not suited to.
Conte is the one that keeps sticking out, to me. Has won, his playing style is good enough to appease the fans. No Poch-sized buy-out.
Ancelotti has a team now does he not?
Sarri is Chelsea bound I believe?
Allegri has confirmed he will stay at juve this coming season?
Low is an interesting shout never ever seems to get linked to managers jobs but is a top class coach,
The other surprise for me is the Valencia coach marcellino is not linked
No, it shows commitment. You don't sign a contract if you're not committed in the short term at least. Nothing about emotional investment just about the logic of signing a contract. Its not like Poch had no idea that big jobs might become available when signing the deal. Again how often do people leave after just signing a contract. Give me some examples then we can talk.I think that's one reason, yes. The only other reason is that Madrid would pay so much that it ended up making sense to Levy. Which I don't think they will at this point.
But really, what is the big difference? "I signed a contract 2, 3, 4 years ago so I can leave now"/"I signed the exact same type of paper 7 days ago so now I can't leave". It doesn't work like that. That only makes sense to us who are only emotionally invested, looking in from the the outside.