Are Tottenham Hotspur in danger of losing Mauricio Pochettino to Real Madrid in the summer of 2018?
Zinedine Zidane is in charge of Spanish and European giants Madrid at the moment, but Los Blancos are having a bad season.
Madrid, who have won the Champions League for the past two seasons, are out of the running for the La Liga title this campaign, and will face French outfit Paris Saint-Germain in the last-16 stage of the Europe’s premier club competition this term.
Balague, who works for Sky Sports, has claimed that Madrid president Florentino Perez wants Pochettino to become the first-team head coach in the summer of 2018.
The well-known Spanish football journalist, though, has suggested that Perez will find it hard to negotiate a deal with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy over Pochettino.
“Pochettino is top of Real Madrid’s wanted list; he is number one, number two, number three and number four for Florentino Perez,” Balague told Sky Sports.
“He definitely wants Pochettino, there’s no doubt about that. I’m pretty sure Mauricio and Spurs know that themselves, but it doesn’t mean anything.”
Balague added: “Before he signed a contract extension in May 2016 he had a buy-out clause that Real Madrid could have activated.
“Now there is no buy-out clause, so for Pochettino to move to Real Madrid they would have to convince Daniel Levy, something Real won’t be able to do.”
Pochettino is one of the best managers in Europe at the moment, and the work he has done at Tottenham since 2014 has been superb.
Madrid will get a very good manager if they are able to prise Pochettino away from Tottenham in the summer.
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