“If things had worked out differently, Mauricio Pochettino would have gone back to his beloved Tottenham over the summer. They had put in the call and it stirred him. Nothing was going to put him off – not even the possibility of the club being in the Championship. Seriously, Mauricio? After a World Cup campaign with the United States and top jobs with Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain before that, he would have been willing to start a new chapter in the second tier of English football? … Football is about timing and Pochettino was left to reflect on how his stars did not align. It has been a theme of his managerial career, along with the desire to keep an eye out for greener pastures. And not be shy about doing. …”
Guardian