Pochettino: Messi or Maradona? Spurs Reflections & Chelsea Project Truth | Stick to Football EP 127

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Mauricio Pochettino discussing his experiences with the USA National Team and his time at Paris Saint-Germain, Tottenham, and Chelsea.

Welcome back to Stick to Football, brought to you by ARNE. In this episode, Gary Neville, Jill Scott, Roy Keane and Ian Wright sit down with current USA National team manager Mauricio Pochettino. We open the show with some with myth’s surrounding him, like why does he keep lemons around the dressing room? We then move on to his current job as the USA national team manager. He discusses his aspirations for the upcoming tournament with his team being the host nation. Does Mauricio believe that his side have the capacity to go all the way? Mauricio also discusses life as the Paris Saint-Germain boss. Getting the job in 2021, he was tasked with managing some of the biggest personalities in the game like Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar. Pochettino discusses the highs and the lows of having such talent in his squad and the differences between that team to Luis Enrique’s current European champions. To finish, he opens up on life in London in the Premier League, talking about his time in charge of Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. With both teams struggling on and off the field, we get an inside perspective from Mauricio to why both clubs are struggling right now. Would you like to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Gary Neville, Jill Scott, Roy Keane, Ian Wright

Guest: Mauricio Pochettino

Topics covered

• Mauricio Pochettino
• USA National Team
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Tottenham Hotspur
• Chelsea
• Lionel Messi
• Kylian Mbappé

Keywords

• Pochettino
• USA National Team
• PSG
• Tottenham
• Chelsea
• Messi
• Mbappé
• Neymar

Sponsors

ARNE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USA National team, Paris Saint-Germain, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Heineken

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