Mauricio Pochettino took charge at Tottenham Hotspur in 2014 and barring his first season at the club, he has helped them finish in the top three ever since.
His impressive work at the north London club has not gone unnoticed and Monday’s edition of Spanish newspaper Marca has a story about the former Southampton manager, alongside their widely covered interview.
The 46-year-old is yet to win silverware in his coaching career and is hoping to end his drought in his fifth season with Spurs.
That is what differentiates his current employer and Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, who have won trophies since he took charge of the English capital club.
It’s claimed that the lack of success has not stopped Pochettino from drawing attention from top clubs across Europe as Real Madrid were keen on making him Zinedine Zidane’s successor, before appointing Julen Lopetegui.
The approach from the Champions League winners came a week after he signed a five-year deal with the Premier League side, which has made him ‘imprisoned’ at Tottenham, mainly because he has given his word to club chairman, Daniel Levy.
With Jose Mourinho’s future at Manchester United being uncertain, Pochettino could be one of the candidates running for the Old Trafford job.
Marca didn’t make took much of an effort to talk up Pochettino to Madrid, despite Lopetegui’s rocky start, which likely has at least something to do with the feeling he’s ‘imprisoned’.
