“I am motivated as a ‘Perico’, and having lived so many years in Barcelona,” Pochettino said. It was current Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde who ended his playing career, cancelling the club captain’s contract when he took over as Espanyol coach in June 2006, due to a feeling that the outspoken veteran would be a challenge to the new manager’s authority. But in football sometimes you do not know who are the good guys or the bad guys.”“I spoke with Valverde. But Pochettino has said previously that he would prefer to return to work on his family’s farm in Argentina than manage Barcelona. And in Marca he firmly ruled out becoming Messi’s club coach at the Camp Nou - “Of course not.

Source: Irish Examiner October 03, 2018 04:07 UTC