The closeness in the relationship between Balague and Pochettino makes the Spaniard’s commentary on Tottenham wonderfully authentic.
If you’ve yet to read the latest Balague column for the BBC, I suggest you take time out, and do so. What we get is required reading for #PochOut campaigners. All the gaffers’ woes are outlined, the only framing being applied stems from an understanding of Pochettino the person, and of football.
The newsfeeds will be flooded with ‘Poch Nearly Quit’ stuff today, but it is vital you get the nuanced version events from Balague. Regular Readers might even recall the ‘Drifting‘ piece on the Harry Hotspur Blog about Poch feeling the pinch in September.
The comments on the way Levy does business will again leave the insidious Levyologists blushing. These are the same dumb dumbs – by the way – that tried to convince you that Mauricio frequently didn’t want to buy anyone
This blog has ALWAYS maintained that Levy called all the shots. On everything.
Dele Alli’s contract extension is a prime example of a bad deal for the footballing side of the business. The boy didn’t deserve an enhanced deal, but it made a tonne of sense commercially.
There are so many examples of bad practise, only now they aren’t assertions any more, we can all see them with our own eyes.
Spurs are in trouble, and Pochettino is far from blameless. But that’s not the headline here. The headline is that Daniel Levy hasn’t been running a football club – he’s been playing a dystopic version of Monopoly, where the winner ploughs around the board – knocking buildings down.