{"id":1109934,"date":"2019-10-08T14:22:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1109934"},"modified":"2019-10-08T14:22:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:22:21","slug":"mauricio-pochettino-backing-daniel-levy-spurs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/mauricio-pochettino-backing-daniel-levy-spurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauricio Pochettino insists he has backing of &#8220;friend&#8221; Daniel Levy at Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mauricio Pochettino remains adamant he has the full support of Tottenham Hotspur chairman\u00a0Daniel Levy despite his side&#8217;s shaky start to the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spurs suffered a third Premier League defeat of the campaign on Saturday after Brighton ran out 3-0 victors at the\u00a0Falmer Stadium.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How bad are things for Spurs? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Spurs reached the Champions League final last season and broke their transfer record over the summer.<\/li>\n<li>However, after a troublesome start to 2019\/20, pressure is beginning to build on\u00a0Pochettino.<\/li>\n<li>Spurs currently sit ninth in the league table and have been knocked out of the League Cup.<\/li>\n<li>Their 7-2 loss to Bayern last week was also the\u00a0biggest-ever margin of defeat for an English team at home in any European competition.<\/li>\n<li>Despite this,\u00a0Pochettino insists chairman Levy has given him his full support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7383312-alisson-is-the-golden-middle-of-the-goalkeeper-venn-diagram\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The defeat against\u00a0Graham Potter&#8217;s side came just four days after Spurs were humbled 7-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>That thrashing by the German powerhouse was Spurs&#8217; heaviest ever defeat in European competition, while Saturday&#8217;s loss made it 12 defeats in 2019 alone.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs currently sit ninth in the league table and have already been eliminated by Colchester United in the League Cup. These on-field issues are said to have been exacerbated by a litany of sore points among the playing squad. The <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.co.uk\/1264474\/2019\/10\/06\/the-place-is-a-regime-and-theyre-sick-of-him-are-pochettino-levy-or-the-players-to-blame-for-spurs-crisis\/?\">Athletic<\/a>\u00a0say news of Levy&#8217;s annual salary of \u00a36 million has gone down badly among players who feel they are underpaid.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs have the sixth-highest wage bill in the Premier League and this represents 39% of club turnover. Every other &#8216;Big Six&#8217; club invested at least half their annual turnover\u00a0in player wages for the 2017\/18 season, according to research by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2019\/may\/22\/premier-league-finances-club-guide-2017-18-accounts-manchester-united-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Pochettino insists he has the full support of Levy, telling a\u00a0global football summit in Qatar: &#8220;We maintain a very good relationship and it is extraordinary to have that support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have always told him that, in addition to my chairman, I consider him a friend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Football is not a drama, it is passion and we cannot separate it from emotions. But neither can we make a sport as fantastic as this one because of the latest result.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must learn from defeats to be able to exceed our limits and that begins by accepting that you don&#8217;t always win and that the opponent also works hard and makes merits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You must always react with dignity to the result, regardless of whether it is good or bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Declan Rice or Se\u0301bastien Haller? West Ham Fans Quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W2Z0BLbq1BQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pochettino \u201cnot worried\u201d about sack<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the immediate aftermath of the\u00a0defeat over the weekend\u00a0Pochettino was quick to dismiss suggestions he could face the axe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo I am not worried [about being sacked], what worries me is life, not football,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/tottenham-boss-pochettino-not-worried-sack-brighton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball is a game that sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. The problem for us \u2013 it was win, win, win and it was praise for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow in the last two games it was a tough situation to accept. But I don\u2019t want to be a philosopher or talk in a way that is not good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball is [about being] strong and brave and taking decisions; and to show your face when things are not good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is what we are going to do, face the negative things and try to work hard to change this dynamic. In my position, I need to accept all the criticism. The same when you praise me or the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to accept it in the same way and it\u2019s not going to change my vision, from you or the pundit because you\u2019re criticising me or describing a situation differently to what you expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the poor start, Spurs could climb all the way back into the top five\u00a0after their next Premier League match against bottom-of-the-table Watford. A win\u00a0could see them supplant Chelsea, who host Newcastle United, in fifth should several results go their way after the international break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino remains adamant he has the full support of Tottenham Hotspur chairman\u00a0Daniel Levy despite his side&#8217;s shaky start to the season. Spurs suffered a third Premier League defeat of the campaign on Saturday after Brighton ran out 3-0 victors at the\u00a0Falmer Stadium. How bad are things for Spurs? 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