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Pochettino reveals next new deal is for central defender

mawspurs

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Jun 29, 2003
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Mauricio Pochettino has given a big hint about the next recipient of a new contract at Tottenham Hotspur while stating that Spurs are no longer a selling club

Read the full article at Hertfordshire Mercury
 

davidmatzdorf

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Jun 7, 2004
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The important bit:

"Then they need to ask us to stay here, not that we need to convince them to stay. That is a very bad way when you need to convince the players to stay here, it is impossible to get success in the future. They need to ask us to stay here. They need to be desperate to be part of us."

Times change.
 

worcestersauce

"I'm no optimist I'm just a prisoner of hope
Jan 23, 2006
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Love the idea that you only get a new contract if you ask for one, if you don't ask we will get rid of you, doesn't leave an agent with a lot of negotiating strength, does it.
 

whitesocks

The past means nothing. This is a message for life
Jan 16, 2014
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As a player, if I was doing well, then I'd expect the manager - the clue is in the name - to do his job and offer me a longer contract if it was running low or it no longer represented market value.
I'm not sure who hasn't been offered a new contract these last few months, Lamela?, but it certainly is going to be resolved by just asking nicely.
 
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