- Jun 29, 2003
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Pochettino: "Winning the Champions League? It should be fantastic, no? Close the five-year chapter and go home"
Source: Sky Sports
Source: Sky Sports
When I watched Poch saying that, I could not make out if he was jesting, or if he was serious.
That is the benefit of him being not a native English speaker, he can leave you guessing at times.
The truth in my view is that he is right.
Poch will not likely achieve any higher honours than winning the champions league this year with this team unless things change at the club.
We are running out of legs trying to compete with the squad we have currently.
We need to invest so we have some more quality in the squad, so as not to rely on the 1st team players for everything.
I believe the time for this investment is now.
Poch remains on message, so he will not do a Jose Mourinho, and throw a public strop.
Being more nuanced and balanced, he chooses to drop coded hints from time to time.
Yesterday was one of those hints, IMO.
Don't we keep saying that we are going for some top player or another and we have loads of cash to spend then all the deals fall apart? We were badly hurt this time by our lack of depth and failure to buy players so if he goes I would not blame him. He did a fantastic job here and I really hope we keep him though.Considering that Premier League clubs can start signing players from midnight on Thursday 16th May (next week Thursday), if we get through tonight against Ajax to make the final, then by the time of the final Poch will know what progress we are making in transfers (at least the domestic transfers). Poch is one of the main attractions for players to come, and he wouldn't want to be disloyal to incoming players by leaving the club straight after the final. So I agree it's a good message to management to make some progress in the early part of the off-season
The ITK in the last window said there was money to spend but Poch was turning down all attainable options. He's accountable in the failure to buy players. Hopefully this summer we can have more success in bringing in the players that he wantsDon't we keep saying that we are going for some top player or another and we have loads of cash to spend then all the deals fall apart? We were badly hurt this time by our lack of depth and failure to buy players so if he goes I would not blame him. He did a fantastic job here and I really hope we keep him though.
The ITK in the last window said there was money to spend but Poch was turning down all attainable options. He's accountable in the failure to buy players. Hopefully this summer we can have more success in bringing in the players that he wants
The ITK in the last window said there was money to spend but Poch was turning down all attainable options. He's accountable in the failure to buy players. Hopefully this summer we can have more success in bringing in the players that he wants