{"id":1117618,"date":"2019-11-28T18:22:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T18:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1117618"},"modified":"2019-11-28T18:25:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T18:25:10","slug":"pochettino-releases-official-statement-spurs-sacking","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/pochettino-releases-official-statement-spurs-sacking\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I gave the best of me&#8221; &#8211; Pochettino releases official statement on Spurs sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mauricio Pochettino has spoken publicly\u00a0for the first time since losing his job as Tottenham manager last week.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Argentine was sacked after five-and-a-half years at the club and replaced by Jose Mourinho the next day.<\/p>\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\/7437001\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His sacking came as a surprise to many of Tottenham&#8217;s players and supporters, but Mourinho has calmed some of the more fiery reactions by leading the Londoners to successive victories in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pochettino resorted to writing a goodbye message to his former players on a tactical whiteboard, an image of which was shared on Twitter by his assistant Jesus Perez.<\/p>\n<p>But the former Espanyol and Southampton manager has now released a statement via the LMA, thanking Spurs&#8217; owner Joe Lewis and chairman Daniel Levy as well as the club&#8217;s staff, players and fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank Joe Lewis and Daniel Levy for giving me the opportunity to be part of Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s history,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/breaking-mauricio-pochettino-breaks-silence-20982926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pochettino said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to thank also everyone I met at Tottenham, all the club staff and the football players during these five and a half years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sacked or Safe? Every Premier League Manager Ranked\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05UFU_XkVpE?start=39&#038;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<p>&#8220;Finally I would like to give a special mention to the fans who make this club so great with their fantastic support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I gave the best of me to accomplish the objectives I was asked for in our first meeting. There were equally tough challenges as exciting success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Best wishes for the future, I am sure we will cross paths again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino led Spurs to four successive top-four finishes in the Premier League and memorably reached the Champions League final last season.<\/p>\n<p>But he was relieved of his duties following a poor start to the current campaign. Last weekend&#8217;s victory at West Ham United was Tottenham&#8217;s first Premier League victory on the road since January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino has spoken publicly\u00a0for the first time since losing his job as Tottenham manager last week. The Argentine was sacked after five-and-a-half years at the club and replaced by Jose Mourinho the next day. 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