The Argentine loves music in the changing room, but it is silence half hour before.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino
Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino has been speaking about the music in the White Hart Lane dressing room pre-match, admitting he is a fan.
The modern game sees plenty of players listening to music before games, whether in the changing room or through headphones, to help them get focused for games.
Some managers are not so keen on the practice but Pochettino encourages it, as he told his press conference today.
As reported by the Hampstead and Highgate Express the Argentine made it clear his belief that music helps to focus his players, even if they don’t appreciate it all the time:
“I love to hear music before the game.
“I think today in all changing rooms it happens. In our changing room it’s [organised by] Dele Alli and Harry Kane. Sometimes our goalkeeping coach, Toni Jiminez, plays some Spanish music which is very boring for our players.
“I like it. In the moments when we are preparing, I think it’s important to be focused and the music helps them to be focused on the game.”
But he went on to make it clear when exactly the music has to go off:
“It’s true that half an hour before [kick-off] we stop the music – silence, that is the best music, and then we focus on the game. But I like it from the moment we arrive in the changing room.”
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino
It is certainly doing Tottenham no harm at the moment. They are currently battling for the Premier League title and this weekend will be facing Millwall with the chance to book themselves a place in the FA Cup semi-final.
With that in mind, perhaps a rendition of the 1981 song ‘Ossie’s Dream’ with Chas & Dave and the 1980-81 Spurs team could get a play this weekend.
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