Oh dear... read carefully and try to comprehend -
1. Unbiased - your quotes come from Martin Keown, some ex-Spuds player, the current Arse boss, an ex-Utd player famous for anti-Utd rhetoric and a year old quote from Mourinho that holds no relevance at all now.
If you genuinely think any of these hold water to the opinion of a respected, relevant and knowledgeable pundit like Carragher, then you're as deluded as the other Levyites in here.
Not sure you're aware who Carragher played for - but he has no tie to United ffs, and nothing against Spurs.
The sensible line from all calm, level-thinking individuals is that obviously, this is an absolutely wonderful opportunity for Pochettino.
He can make the step up to a truly Elite club, in a league he knows and suits, and be welcomed with a transfer kitty that is befitting for a manager of his ilk.
Here's what you have to understand - the magnitude of our great club is something that ambitious individuals will always be drawn to - here, Pochettino can achieve true greatness, he can make history and become an actual legend, rather than a servant in a businessman's private ambition.
Here, the standards are higher, the stakes are higher, and the rewards are higher, because - and pay attention now - we are the biggest club in the country.
Do you disagree with that?
If you genuinely can't take a step back, put your emotion and your ego to one side and see why it would be fantastic for Pochettino to join Man Utd, I'd suggest you're not capable of objective reason on this subject.
Yeah, Martin Keown. Known for being a massive Tottenham supporter, and Emery who again, as manager of Arsenal must adore our club and be totally biased in our favour. Not like he knows/has a friendship with Pochettino from the past, and possibly is a better insight to his character than Jamie Carragher who I don't even think has spoken to the man. Oh, anybody who doesn't have a rose tinted view of your current club is famous for anti-United rhetoric? Convenient. I mean, that negative rhetoric has continually been proven correct over the past few seasons, but hey ho! Also, how would that quote hold no relevance? One of the best managers in the world thought he would stay for years to come, I'm pretty sure he was aware that big jobs would be available at some point.
I actually laughed out loud at how much you're bigging up Carragher, so thanks for that. The paragon of football knowledge that is a sky sports pundit who spat at some teenage girl last year. We all know that pundits are football geniuses and always go on to demonstrate their football knowledge at the highest level, hence why it's mostly failed managers who end up there. He's a decent pundit with an opinion, nothing more. If you think I - or anybody with a brain - will be taking Carragher's insight as footballing gospel, you're one for the mad house.
Of course it's a great opportunity for Pochettino. It's also a colossal risk, and a move to a club with inferior players combined with huge expectations which have crushed the careers of three previous managers. You're 'Elite' but totally dysfunctional, with hundreds of millions spent to acquire a frankenstein's monster of a squad which simply will not suit the way Pochettino wants to play football. He will have to tear it up and start again, begin a new project but this time with a club which will pull the trigger if you don't deliver. Yes he will have transfer funds, but he will have a lot of work to do and no European football to work with next season, so the pressure will immediately be on to deliver that whilst attempting to transform your football and playing staff.
All these big words about you being the biggest, the best, the greatest .. you can't even get Paul Pogba to run for your shirt. Individuals will be drawn to big clubs, but the delusion is on your side if you think that an intelligent individual like Pochettino won't be looking at the current state of your team, the way your club has operated since Ferguson and the way the media will tear him apart at the first opportunity, and thinking 'why would I want that?'. He won't get the freedom to work on his project and develop players from within the club, he'll get 100 articles written about him after every defeat, and a million United fans screaming 'WAAAAA WE'RE MAN UNITED WE WIN TROPHIES' if he doesn't deliver results straight away.
Put my ego aside? You're the one sat here with the egotistical claims about how incredible and massive you are as a club, you're the one doing all the embarrassing dick waving and suddenly deciding Jamie Carragher is football's answer to Albert Einstein. The extent of what I have said is that Pochettino has a decision to make, the allure of joining one of football's biggest clubs vs remaining with a club where he is loved, where he has invested time in to a project which is unfinished, and a club which currently is competing better on the pitch than the one he would be joining. Will he be considering it? No doubt, it's a big opportunity .. but he's a young manager, with plenty of time, and the way you operate these days it's not a job which won't be available again in a season or so, let's be honest.
Pochettino will have no shortage of opportunities to make the step up, people are acting as if this is his do or die chance. He will make it when he feels it is the right chance, he won't want his first job at a 'super club' to be a failure, and the chance of failing at Manchester United right now seems pretty damn high considering one of the most successful managers of his generation is now a figure of fun. My suggestion is that whilst you're still a draw, you're not as alluring as you seem to think and there is absolutely a chance Pochettino could stay at Spurs. I'm prepared to wait before making arrogant assertions that I know exactly what decision he makes, maybe others should do the same.
