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Pochettino return to Tottenham would be a strange move

Pochettino return to Tottenham would be a strange move
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According to many of the major news outlets, including Sky Sports, Mauricio Pochettino is in talks about returning to former club Tottenham.

The Argentinian is currently the head coach at French giants PSG, where he has only spent six months in charge.

Pochettino won the French Super Cup and also the French Cup, but the Parisians failed to win Ligue One, as Lille pipped them to the title by one point. Reports suggest that Pochettino is unhappy with things behind the scenes at the club from France’s capital.

PSG want to keep Pochettino, despite the failure to win the league title. He also has a year left on his current contract, so it won’t be easy to prise him away.

A return to Tottenham just 18 months after he was sacked would seem a strange one. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has reportedly admitted that he made a mistake in firing the 49-year-old and hiring Jose Mourinho as his replacement.

The reason a return to Spurs would seem like a strange move is that he was hardly backed in the transfer market and lost the players.

The squad is still basically the players he left behind, with a few additions. In his five years at the club, he had a net spend of around £100million, which in terms of spending for a Premier League club is chicken feed.

He will surely seek assurances that he will receive bigger backing if he returns.

Then there is the Harry Kane issue, as the England star wants to leave the north London club. Whether the return of Pochettino as head coach would change the forward’s mind on a move is unclear.

The majority of Tottenham fans would no doubt welcome Pochettino’s return, though. The fact that his family are still in London is an obvious pull for the Argentinian. A return to Spurs still seems like a backward step for the highly-rated head coach.

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Liverpool 79 37 23 10 4 43
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Aston Villa 68 37 20 8 9 20
5
Tottenham 63 37 19 6 12 10
6
Chelsea 60 37 17 9 11 13
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Newcastle United 57 37 17 6 14 21
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9
West Ham 52 37 14 10 13 -12
10
Brighton 48 37 12 12 13 -5
11
Bournemouth 48 37 13 9 15 -12
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Crystal Palace 46 37 12 10 15 -6
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Wolverhampton 46 37 13 7 17 -13
14
Fulham 44 37 12 8 17 -8
15
Everton 40 37 13 9 15 -10
16
Brentford 39 37 10 9 18 -7
17
Nottingham Forest 29 37 8 9 20 -19
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Luton Town 26 37 6 8 23 -31
19
Burnley 24 37 5 9 23 -36
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Sheffield United 16 37 3 7 27 -66

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