Tottenham Hotspur have been linked with a return for Mauricio Pochettino but sources say any approach would carry a heavy financial price. After Thomas Frank\u2019s tenure ended, the club reportedly described Pochettino as their “ideal new manager,” yet extracting the U.S. men\u2019s national team head coach from his contract would require what has been described as a “huge,” potentially record-breaking, compensation fee before this summer\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n
Members of the Tottenham board are said to “still admire” Pochettino and want to appoint him “immediately,” according to The Independent. When the possibility of breaching his terms was raised last year, BBC Sport quoted a source inside the United States Soccer Federation who warned it would take “one of the biggest financial compensation fees in football history” to prise the 53-year-old away.<\/p>\n
Tottenham have spent on managerial recruitment before. The signing of Thomas Frank and his backroom team from Brentford cost \u00a36.7 million ($9.2 million). Reports say the fee required for Pochettino would be more than triple that figure. The deal Pochettino agreed with USSF is thought to include an annual salary of \u00a34.6 million and a buyout clause in the same region as the \u00a321.7 million paid by Bayern Munich for Julian Nagelsmann in 2021.<\/p>\n
The most expensive managerial appointment in Premier League history remains Chelsea\u2019s payment of roughly \u00a321.5 million to secure Graham Potter from Brighton & Hove Albion in 2022. Potter\u2019s 31-game stint was widely judged disastrous and that outlay equated to about \u00a3700,000 per match, even before wages were included.<\/p>\n
Pochettino has spoken openly about his feelings towards the Premier League. “I would like one day to come back,” he told Sky Sports last March. “Look, when I left the club I always remember one interview I said I would like one day to come back to Tottenham and that is of course…” he added. “I am in the USA, I am not going to … no, I\u2019m not going to talk about that, but what I said then still after six years or five years, I still feel in my heart that, yes, I would like one day to come back.”<\/p>\n
Those comments were linked to his “very good relationship” with Daniel Levy, the club\u2019s former chairman, who was relieved of his duties in September. The change in leadership at Tottenham does not appear to have ended speculation, with Pochettino still being openly associated with a return to the Premier League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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