EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — United States males’s nationwide group head coach Mauricio Pochettino shut down the rumors linking him to the Tottenham Hotspur managerial emptiness, labeling the concept “not real looking.”
Tottenham fired Ange Postecoglou as supervisor on Friday, with Pochettino, not for the primary time, being talked about as a candidate to return to the north London membership.
“I feel after I left in 2019, I used to be linked to the group each time the place of supervisor or head coach of Tottenham was free,” he instructed reporters following the USMNT’s pleasant loss to Turkey on Saturday.
“My identify is showing on the record. I’ve seen the rumors. I’ve seen there have been 100 coaches on the record of the membership. I feel, do not be apprehensive about that. If one thing occurs you for certain will see however we can’t discuss this sort of scene as a result of I feel right this moment, it is not real looking. I’m the place I’m, it is the place we’re.”
Pochettino led Tottenham from 2014 to 2019, guiding them to a Champions League last look earlier than occurring to function supervisor of Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea.
He joined the USMNT in September 2024 with the duty of main the group to the 2026 World Cup, which the U.S. will co-host with Canada and Mexico. And, whereas he clarified that Tottenham has a particular place in his coronary heart, he continued to reject the potential of a return right now.
Sources have instructed ESPN that Brentford supervisor Thomas Frank and Fulham boss Marco Silva lead the record to interchange Postecoglou. Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola additionally stays into consideration.
Tottenham lifted the 2024-25 Europa League trophy after defeating Manchester United 1-0, successful Spurs’ first main trophy since 2008. The group, nonetheless, concluded the Premier League marketing campaign in seventeenth place.
Data from ESPN’s James Olley was used on this report.
