It's really not. Ole was one of the least deserving managers you can think of and they backed him with almost 400m to spend how he liked. It's really not moving anything like PSG whatsoever. The only blocks we've made and would continue to make, would be for bizarre suggestions like Perisic at 31 or Wilian at 32, or declining manager wishes when they have a foot out the door.
His coaching is such that you need a feck load of work off the ball. The pressing is vital to his game and that will burn out a squad after 3 years easily. Klopp was completely destroyed with Dortmund as he was not far from Relegation with them by Christmas before turning it around. Pressing sides need refreshing and Levy was never going to refresh his squad the way Poch needed him to. Levy was all about the money especially with the new stadium and that severely hampers the manager.
You're really starting to exaggerate here. You were convincing in the 1-1 draw for sure and probably deserved to win, but in the second tie you didn't blow Juventus away - it was evens on possession and you won the leg 3-2. Shots and shots on target were roughly even on this tie. And with Real, with respect it was a great achievement but beating Lopetegui's Real isn't the same as Poch beating Zidane's Real.
We're splitting hairs here but all I'm saying is Ten Hag hasn't proven anything results or pedigree wise over Poch. He plays nicer football but that's about it. You seem intent to take Ten Hag's CL runs to boast about how great he can be with a fraction of the money but forget Poch has beaten Pep, Conte, Zidane too. They are both very capable managers. Ten Hag plays better football but one can argue Poch is more flexible in how he approaches a team set up.
I'm not denying that, but whatever he has achieved has not been proven at the highest level. Which brings me back to asking what he's done to warrant such blind faith over Poch.
I didn't say we were moving towards a PSG structure, but we are moving towards a structure where players and youth players are identified by a technical team for example. Where we want to develop a long term style of play, and identity of players that fit the club.
Bayern and maybe City seem to be the only side that have played a pressing game and have been succesful and competing for over 3 years, but regardless of the style of play, very few team stay at the highest level for many consecutive years in a row so I am not entirely sure if that is to pressing, or just general. Interesting discussion nonetheless.
I should have added at times, that Ajax teams could go periods where they blew the opposition away and create many dangerous plays consecutively whilst dominating. Rarely for the entire match.
It is false to say that what he has achieved at Ajax isn't at the highest level. Especially when you look at it in the context of an Eredivisie team, reaching the CL semi-final, now winning the group with such a goal difference, it is completely unthinkable. Many metrics have Ajax as a current top 10 team in the world based on machine learning models.
On top of that, especially relative, even what he is achieving in Holland, is remarkable but ofcourse difficult to compare with Pochettino as he has managed clubs in a completely different context.
Domestically, now finally, Pochettino and Ten Hag are in somewhat similar situations, although PSV/Feyenoord are far more competition for Ajax than Lille/Lyon/Marseille are to PSG. Pochettino did poor in his 1st half year, and results-wise is doing very good. Still the fans are un-amused by the coaching and the football he plays.
