Mauricio Pochettino Distances Himself From Spurs Return But Backs Club To Avoid Relegation

Mauricio Pochettino as soon as once more distanced himself from hyperlinks to a return to Tottenham Hotspur on Monday, whereas expressing his confidence that his former club will avoid relegation regardless of a difficult season.

Pochettino, who led Spurs to a few of their biggest successes within the trendy period throughout a tenure from 2014-2019, has usually been linked with a return to the club. However, his place as head coach of the US males’s nationwide crew has prevented him from taking up this season as Tottenham have flooded. Pochettino won’t be accessible for his subsequent job till after this summer season’s World Cup, as his US Soccer contract expires in August.

Speaking with reporters forward of the US’s Tuesday pleasant towards Portugal, Pochettino mentioned that his “full focus” is on main the US at a house World Cup.

“I think everyone knows that I am committed to the national team here,” Pochettino mentioned, including that no one has approached him about jobs at Tottenham or Real Madrid, the place he has additionally been linked ought to the club determine to transfer on from Álvaro Arbeloa.

Pochettino additionally left open the likelihood that he might lengthen his stick with the US.

“Who knows what is going to happen,” he mentioned. “We are open. We don’t have a contract for the future. But why not? If we are happy and the federation is happy, it’s only about to see… Never say never in football.

“But now it isn’t time to discuss. It’s time to be focusing [on] the World Cup, and after the World Cup, for certain, we can have time to discuss ultimately or one other, relying on the imaginative and prescient of the federation and likewise our feeling.”

Asked about Tottenham’s current kind, which has the club hovering just one point above the relegation places With seven matches to play, Pochettino expressed confidence that Spurs will beat the drop, no matter who’s in cost subsequent. Spurs are concentrating on Robert De Zerbi to take over, with the club reportedly offering him a long-term contract to begin instantly.

“I am sure they’re going to stay up, with coach or without coach,” Pochettino mentioned. “Because of the players, because I think they have unbelievable players, and it’s a club with fans that are going to do everything to create that energy to win. Of course, that is going to be tough, because the energy and the dynamics is difficult… But if you ask me about that club, it’s a club that I really care [about]and for sure, I really trust that [they’re] going to stay in Premier League.”