{"id":1098460,"date":"2019-07-19T16:31:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T15:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1098460"},"modified":"2019-07-19T16:31:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T15:31:17","slug":"pochettino-considered-leaving-tottenham-hotspur","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/pochettino-considered-leaving-tottenham-hotspur\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauricio Pochettino reveals just how close he came to leaving Spurs last season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mauricio Pochettino has admitted he’d have considered leaving Tottenham Hotspur at the end of last season had they won the Champions League final. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Spurs reached the final of Europe’s premier competition for the first time in their history after a remarkable semi-final comeback win over Ajax in May.<\/p>\n

Pochettino’s Spurs future: Five key things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Pochettino has been in charge of Spurs since 2014.<\/li>\n
  • He has won 55.8% of his 276 games since then.<\/li>\n
  • He has consistently been linked with the likes of Spurs and Man Utd.<\/li>\n
  • But the Argentine is yet to win a trophy in north London.<\/li>\n
  • Pochettino admitted he may have left Spurs if they had won last month’s Champions League final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    But the Lilywhites fell 2-0 to Liverpool in a disappointing final, prompting Pochettino \u2013 speaking at his first press conference of Spurs’ pre-season tour of Singapore \u2013 to remain at White Hart Lane and continue working toward winning silverware with Spurs.<\/p>\n

    “Of course it\u2019s always in your head. You never know,” he told<\/a> reporters when asked if he thought about leaving Spurs.<\/p>\n

    “With the way I am, I am always going to prioritise the club over myself. Maybe if it was a different result after the final you can think, \u2018OK, maybe this is a moment to leave the club and give them the possibility of a real new chapter with a new coaching staff.’<\/p>\n