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Mauricio Pochettino: 'I'm so happy José is at Tottenham, replacing me'

22-May-2020 20:30:34 | The Guardian

The former Spurs manager formally severed ties with the club this week and dreams of ‘the perfect club, the perfect project’

Mauricio Pochettino finesses a full lockdown beard as he Zooms in from his north London home, whites and greys vying for prominence, but everything else is reassuringly familiar, as though he were still sitting behind that long desk at Tottenham’s training base, elevated on stage, answering questions at his weekly press briefing.

There is the warmth and big-heartedness, the mischief, the machismo, the patented ability to blow his own trumpet in a matter-of-fact kind of way. There is the emotion, the extravagant rambling, the flirting with potential suitors. And, of course, there are the anecdotes, the ones that hook and enthral.