He probably just doesn’t want to waste his career at Spurs
A serious look at Mauricio Pochettino
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You're deliberately provoking him.
I've had my issues with Glaston in the past and we've had some pretty nasty debates about our club, but you can't point the finger at him for retaliating when you know full when you're trying to get a reaction out of him.
That's a tough one because it's hard to know what cumulative inflation will be by the year 2030. Can I get back to you in 2029?
Okay, I'm getting two different answers here, it seems. I was always under the impression that a club only had to conpensate a certain amount in the worst case scenario, when getting a contracted manager. Negotiations would imply that Levy could flat out reject or set an unreasonable fee, which of course he would.
Hardly. He has struggled to do better than last season. If Spurs don't win anything, then Poch would want to know have a new challenge where he would be challenging titles. United could provide him with the means to go for it.
How dare you, I’m only picking his brain on Spurs.
And my point remains. Utd are a giant compared to Spurs and Poch WILL be tempted by us. That’s all I was saying.
Or kill it at yours.
Get rich or die trying...
The thing about Pochettino is that I don't think that he will leave Spurs for a PL club, he most likely will end up at Madrid if he leaves.
How much will it cost when we get Poch in 2019? What’s his buyout?
Probably peanuts to Utd but I’d like to know.
Despite your rep as something of a comedy figure, you generally make a lot of sensible points, especially when you're not discussing your own club. Cheap (and easily countered ) jibes about glory days should be beneath you really.
What about the current boardroom setup makes your club attractive to him?
It's closer to the truth to think that he wouldn't want to waste it at United, who by all accounts have had a good go at destroying the reputations of 3 managers since SAF retired.
It took Poch more than half a season to get anywhere near going at Spurs - and that was with having decent young players waiting in the wings. He'd be on a hiding to nothing by working for Woodward, who seems to think that further investment isn't required, and miracles should be expected.
Emery had a huge job at PSG yet still risked his reputation on Arsenal. Yes, he had left PSG but he still couldn’t resist Arsenal.
Different situation but managers simply don’t turn down huge, historic clubs like Arsenal and Man Utd. It’s a bit short sighted to assume that just because we are shite now means we will be in a year’s time.
Again, see Arsenal.
Little digs like 'how much will we be paying him to leave, do you know?' and 'he's ours' are obviously designed to get a reaction out of Glaston, which you got.
It's fine, nothing wrong with a bit of playful football banter .. but you can't then be like 'do you hate United?' when he has a little jab back at you.
The possibilities and potential upside at United are far greater than at Spurs
Emery didn't had a job, that's a little bit more than a different situation.
If you want to discuss Pochettino, Spurs and United then go right ahead. But do stop trying to personalise everything. It's tedious.
I do think he’s ours though, why shouldn’t I state that? I’m a Man Utd fan posting on a Utd forum. My opinion is that we’ve had our eye on Poch for a while and we will get him.
And I want to know how much it will cost to land him. My questions are fair.
Well it's an interesting choice for him. I bet he's very conflicted. I agree that elite clubs are a major draw, but they also bring a lot of pressure and expectation and all kinds of other baggage.
The hugely lucrative contract on offer to Poch is bound to be attractive.
Reputation of 3 managers? Arguing for the sake of it
PSG were not going to extend Emery's contract, so he left.
Of course he will be conflicted. But take your Arsenal specs off for a moment. You are Pochettino, you get offered a shit load of cash and also offered the chance to turn Man Utd into a great team again.
You would consider it, anyone would who was neutral like Poch is.
I doubt the money is a major factor for him. Although he could certainly use it to get a little christmas bonus from spuds.
(it's never personal, you know that)
Poch will be the next permanent United manager. He will sign Eriksen less than 3 weeks into his reign
Howe will take over at Spurs and continue the excellent work of his predecessor.
Discuss.
I didn't say you can't state that, you absolutely can. You can be as arrogant about it as you like, as you say you're on a United forum.
But, if you're going to be cocky about it, you can't really have any grounds to complain when Glaston shoots back .. that is all.
Reputation of 3 managers? Arguing for the sake of it
Moyes had high stock at Everton - he took a massive hit after United. LVG also the same. Mourinho has won trophies, but still has taken a huge hit to his rep.
I would get a video of Spurs glory days but I prefer watching things in colour.
Not true, they did that DVD of that one game against us a few years ago.
My point was/is:
Emery could have waited for a ‘better’ job than Arsenal. Real Madrid? Etc.
They (Arsenal) were in the shit, with a weak squad and Europa League football. He still went there because the pull of a giant, historic club like Arsenal was too much to resist.
It’s anazing that some of you can’t see this.
Woodward had obviously lost faith in Mourinho in the summer. To suggest Mourinho wasn’t backed financially is ludicrous.
Woodward is criticised for not being a football man but even he could see that giving Mourinho £50 Million plus for another defender was a waste of money looking at the bigger picture.
There isn't a buy-out clause in his contract. Happy now?
Tell Poch that United's DVD's are better.
It’s impossible to try and second guess something like that though. You don’t know how ambitious he is, if he enjoys working with Levy, if he’s fed up with lack of transfer funds, if he’s fed up with constantly being the nearly men because Levy limits his progress.
That’s not quite true, they’ll probably be releasing the Barcelona game on DVD for their fans. Not much else is there...
Thanks - so Poch can just leave?
I thought a club wanting him have to pay a huge fee to Spurs?
And why would that be? Is that his nature? Or has he reached his ceiling?
Moyes had a huge reputation at Everton. Period . a mid table club .
LVG successful years were back in stone age .
Jose were sacked by Chelsea 2 times for not performing.
Fact is, we are here because of the gross incompetence and mismanagement by our board. Wrong selections, transfers etc .
He went there because he didn't have a job, and yes Arsenal are a big club. He wasn't particularly successful at PSG so he hadn't exactly set himself up to walk in to Real Madrid.
That was a good job for Emery, we're not talking an elite tier manager, and he was probably excited at the prospect of a project to work on at Arsenal. Who is denying that a big club has pull?