Silence at Spurs over Pochettino United speculation

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino may be the bookmakers favourite to get the number one job at Manchester United on a permanent basis but on Thursday the club press officer refused to allow questions on the matter.The press officer said the 46 -year – old Argentinian — whose attractive style of football and ability to bring on young players has earned him praise — had dealt with the matter on Tuesday .

On that occasion — just hours after Jose Mourinho had been sacked — he said there were a lot of rumours and he could not answer such a question but “ wanted to deliver my best at this football club . ”
However , Britain ’ s Press Association reported that at Thursday ’ s press conference — to look ahead to Sunday ’ s match with Everton — the press officer eventually resorted to asking for the cameras to be turned off after the journalist posing the question refused to cede ground .

A debate lasting just under two minutes then took place over the matter.

One question mark that has been posed about Pochettino ’ s eligibility for the United job is he is yet to win a trophy.

Indeed under Pochettino Spurs — who have not won a trophy since the 2008 League Cup — have fallen short in two successive FA Cup semi – finals and surrendered a lead over Juventus in the last 16 of the Champions League last term .

They will try and dispose of the ‘ chokers ’ tag in a two – legged League Cup semi – final with Chelsea — who beat Spurs in the 2015 final of that competition in Pochettino ’ s first season in charge — in January .

However , Pochettino — who is contracted to Spurs till 2023 — played down the possibility that the elusive trophy was within their grasp.

“ Closer ? I think it ’ s a long way still , ” he said .

“ I think we ’ re playing against Chelsea over two legs and of course it ’ s going to be our fourth or fifth semi – final in four -and – a -half years .

“ But we ’ re so far away . There’ s a lot of work to do . ”

( AFP )

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