Tottenham Hotspur will now be preparing for their Champions League final after the Premier League season came to a close on Sunday.
Phil Thompson has worryingly claimed that Mauricio Pochettino will leave Tottenham Hotspur following his latest comments about needing to go forward with a ‘plan’.
The Sky Sports pundit urged Spurs chairman Daniel Levy to listen to Pochettino and ‘find the money’ because he has a ‘great’ manager on his hands.
After Pochettino masterminded Tottenham to the Champions League final, he later on stated that he would be ‘stupid’ to stay on at the club with ‘no plan’, as quoted by BBC Sport.
Speaking to Soccer Special on Sky Sports News (12/05/2019 at 12:45 pm), Thompson had a simple yet stern message for those in the boardroom at White Hart Lane.
“We listen to his press conferences, it’s tipping more and more the other way as though he’s looking to move on,” Thompson told Soccer Special. “Unless he gets assurances.
“You see what this guy has done. This manager, if they were to lose this guy I think to replace him, and what he has done is quite extraordinary, to do what he’s done by not spending any money.
“I am saying now to Levy, find that money! Find the money to keep this guy because the good managers don’t come along too often. He’s not just a good manager, he’s a great manager. But I think they will lose him if they don’t help this guy out.”
For the time being, Pochettino and his players will be focusing their attention on the biggest game of their careers. They face Liverpool in the Champions League final at the start of next month.
If Pochettino can mastermind his team to victory over Jurgen Klopp then it will surely go down as one of the great achievements in English football given the little investment that has gone on at the club lately.
But when the transfer window re-opens, Pochettino and the supporters will be hoping the likes of Levy can provide funds to strengthen the squad.
If that does happen then it’ll only increase Spurs’ chances of being a real force next season and potentially winning a domestic trophy.
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