The Sun have overcooked this one, making out that Bundesliga giants have made Tottenham’s Maurico Pochettino their number one target to replace the ‘ailing’ Nico Kovac.
According to Sport1, the Argentine tactician has caught the interest of the Bundesliga giants.
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Yet translating the Sport1 piece, reveals this to all be very thin fare.
For starters, it’s ambitious to suggest that Kovac is about to be replaced in the short term.
On Tuesday of this week, Bayern eventually beat VFL Bochum in the DFB cup.
The game was said not to be of the required Bayern standard, with München scoring all 3 goals. The own goal went in during the 36th minute.
There was then a nervy wait until the two Bayern goals went in on the 83rd and 89th minutes. A beer was apparently hurled in the general direction of Kovac.
We’ve all been there, a win that felt like a loss.
For context, Bayern remains in the DFB cup, and currently sit in second place in the Bundesliga, after 9 games.
The Sport1 piece seems to have somewhat of an axe to grind, running through a number of allegations against the Croatian gaffer, none of which are reflected in the coach’s actual results.
The conclusion of this German source article is that a shortlist for a successor, which might include Erik ten Hag and Mauricio Pochettino.
Quite why a thriving German side would want to pluck a manager from a struggling English one, defies reason.
