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Philosopher Mauricio Pochettino putting hit point across at Tottenham
MAURICIO POCHETTINO insists he is ready to be judged, even though he has only just started bedding his philosophy in at Tottenham.
Only a fortnight ago, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal warned fans it would take three months for the changes he is making at Old Trafford to take effect.
But Pochettino knows that White Hart Lane is no place for excuses, and he is not expecting any leeway for a settling-in period.
"I don't know how long it will take for the new philosophy to bed in," he said. "I don't put any time on it. We need to improve every day. This is our objective. On top of that we need to get results.
"I don't demand time. It's only to work hard every day, to build and improve every player in the squad.
"Always in football, the result manages your career and the decisions, because we need to win. This is our job, not only to provide your philosophy to the team and your style. You need to win, this is the first objective.
"My focus is the first game on Saturday. This is true. We understand that football is in the present. It is difficult to take time. Before that we need to improve and learn quickly for sure."
It will be music to the ears of Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, a man not renowned for his patience where managers are concerned. Pochettino, though, insists Levy's reputation does not bother him.
"I do not worry about that," he said. "I know the business in football. I know that you live by the result, you need to get results. If not, you put yourself in difficulties.
"But the club and the chairman do not put any pressure on me or any challenges for me to achieve something. We have a very good relationship. Every day we talk together, with Franco Baldini and the chairman and with all the board and people here and try to do the best to help the club and for our supporters to enjoy every game.
"Pressure is not from outside, from the media or supporters, it's my pressure. Our philosophy and style is to win every game. We want to win. And that puts us under pressure. But I don't feel pressure from outside."
Pochettino was amused when he first took over at Southampton in January 2013 that, after a playing career that included 20 caps for Argentina, he was considered an unknown.
"I never read, as my English was very poor - which was good for me - whether I was popular or not popular!" he recalled. "As far as I could tell, the media just seemed to receive me like, 'Who is Pochettino?'
"But a year and a half later, I am here. I don't need to prove myself again.
"I think when you are a manager, in Espanyol, Southampton or now Tottenham, the responsibility is always the same. The responsibility, as a manager or head coach, is the same in all countries and all teams.
"It's true that this is a big club, with more repercussions, and we put pressure on ourselves, this is the same in all teams. But I don't feel this pressure."
Pochettino's first chance to impress will come tomorrow at West Ham, when a late assessment will decide whether Jan Vertonghen has recovered sufficiently from his World Cup exertions to start.
And he could have one or two surprises up his sleeve. When asked whether he was likely to begin the season with Emmanuel Adebayor or Roberto Soldado, his response was instant.
"Both," he said. "Maybe," he added with a wry smile.
"In Southampton we did it with Ricky Lambert and Jay Rodriguez and Adam Lallana and we are flexible. Sometimes we play with two strikers and sometimes with one striker in the same game. But we always play with the same philosophy.
"We need to be protagonists and always press high, work hard and be a dynamic team."
Spurs have also announced that striker Harry Kane has signed a new five-year deal at White Hart Lane.
The 21-year-old has long been considered as a hot prospect at the north London club and enjoyed a run in the side under former head coach Tim Sherwood last season.
Kane, who has also spent time on loan at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester, scored in three consecutive Barclays Premier League games in April and will provide competition to Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor as Pochettino looks to hit the ground running with victory over West Ham on Saturday.
Philosopher Mauricio Pochettino putting hit point across at Tottenham
MAURICIO POCHETTINO insists he is ready to be judged, even though he has only just started bedding his philosophy in at Tottenham.
Only a fortnight ago, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal warned fans it would take three months for the changes he is making at Old Trafford to take effect.
But Pochettino knows that White Hart Lane is no place for excuses, and he is not expecting any leeway for a settling-in period.
"I don't know how long it will take for the new philosophy to bed in," he said. "I don't put any time on it. We need to improve every day. This is our objective. On top of that we need to get results.
"I don't demand time. It's only to work hard every day, to build and improve every player in the squad.
"Always in football, the result manages your career and the decisions, because we need to win. This is our job, not only to provide your philosophy to the team and your style. You need to win, this is the first objective.
"My focus is the first game on Saturday. This is true. We understand that football is in the present. It is difficult to take time. Before that we need to improve and learn quickly for sure."
It will be music to the ears of Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, a man not renowned for his patience where managers are concerned. Pochettino, though, insists Levy's reputation does not bother him.
"I do not worry about that," he said. "I know the business in football. I know that you live by the result, you need to get results. If not, you put yourself in difficulties.
"But the club and the chairman do not put any pressure on me or any challenges for me to achieve something. We have a very good relationship. Every day we talk together, with Franco Baldini and the chairman and with all the board and people here and try to do the best to help the club and for our supporters to enjoy every game.
"Pressure is not from outside, from the media or supporters, it's my pressure. Our philosophy and style is to win every game. We want to win. And that puts us under pressure. But I don't feel pressure from outside."
Pochettino was amused when he first took over at Southampton in January 2013 that, after a playing career that included 20 caps for Argentina, he was considered an unknown.
"I never read, as my English was very poor - which was good for me - whether I was popular or not popular!" he recalled. "As far as I could tell, the media just seemed to receive me like, 'Who is Pochettino?'
"But a year and a half later, I am here. I don't need to prove myself again.
"I think when you are a manager, in Espanyol, Southampton or now Tottenham, the responsibility is always the same. The responsibility, as a manager or head coach, is the same in all countries and all teams.
"It's true that this is a big club, with more repercussions, and we put pressure on ourselves, this is the same in all teams. But I don't feel this pressure."
Pochettino's first chance to impress will come tomorrow at West Ham, when a late assessment will decide whether Jan Vertonghen has recovered sufficiently from his World Cup exertions to start.
And he could have one or two surprises up his sleeve. When asked whether he was likely to begin the season with Emmanuel Adebayor or Roberto Soldado, his response was instant.
"Both," he said. "Maybe," he added with a wry smile.
"In Southampton we did it with Ricky Lambert and Jay Rodriguez and Adam Lallana and we are flexible. Sometimes we play with two strikers and sometimes with one striker in the same game. But we always play with the same philosophy.
"We need to be protagonists and always press high, work hard and be a dynamic team."
Spurs have also announced that striker Harry Kane has signed a new five-year deal at White Hart Lane.
The 21-year-old has long been considered as a hot prospect at the north London club and enjoyed a run in the side under former head coach Tim Sherwood last season.
Kane, who has also spent time on loan at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester, scored in three consecutive Barclays Premier League games in April and will provide competition to Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor as Pochettino looks to hit the ground running with victory over West Ham on Saturday.
