Pochettino says that Tottenham’s links are “not realistic” after the loss of the USMNT against Turkey | Tottenham Hotspur

Mauricio Pochettino has rejected the suggestions that he is a candidate to take charge of the Tottenham Hotspur management position newly brought on Saturday, telling journalists that he was “not realistic” for him to leave his current role as director of the American male national team.

Pochettino had been considered a possible candidate to replace Angel Postcoglou, who was dismissed by Tottenham on June 6 despite that he leads the club to the glory of the Europa League – the club’s first trophy in 17 years. However, Tottenham finished 17th in the Premier League, his lowest position since 1977.

Pochettino experienced a successful race for Spurs from 2014 to 2019, which is difficult for the title of Premier League in 2016 and heading for the Champions League final in its last season. He was released because of the performance of the Tottenham League – the club was 14th at the time.

“After my departure [Tottenham] in 2019, each time [the manager position] is free… My name appeared on the list, “said Pochettino after the 2-1 defeat of the United States against Turkey in a friendly match on Saturday afternoon.” If you saw rumors, I think we are 100 coaches on the club list. Don’t worry. If something happens, we will surely see. But we cannot talk about this type of thing because I think that today it is not real. I think it’s not realistic. And look – where am I, where are we? The answer is so clear, right?

Pochettino resumed the American national team at the end of 2024 and supervised a mixed performance bag during its first nine months. The friendly match on Saturday was considered a way to find the team’s base after a pair of outings well below the game in the March League, the team losing against Panama and Canada and generally seeming.

Even if it has lost, the United States has played with much more verve against Turkey in March. Pochettino called a younger and less experienced team for this summer’s matches, with several of the team’s team stars – either by choice, for health reasons, for personal reasons, or because of the participation of their club in the Club World Cup. Jack McGlynn, one of these new arrivals, opened the scoring on Saturday with a signing curling effort from the outside of the beaten track. Later, this half-time, two defensive errors in about three minutes condemned the Americans, the two causing objectives.