Pochettino to Barcelona could be costly for Tottenham claims report

Mauricio Pochettino has been linked with the managerial position at Barcelona this summer, and it might be bad news for Tottenham.

The Argentinean was sacked by Spurs last November, despite leading the Lilywhites to the final of the Champions League.

The club made a very poor start to the just-finished season and they even risked getting dragged down towards the relegation zone before firing the Argentinean.

He has since been replaced by Jose Mourinho at Tottenham, but he has not had a new job since that time.

He has been linked with clubs like Newcastle United when they were expected to be taken over by a new owner.

He was also recently linked with a move to Juventus after the Old Ladies got rid of Maurizio Sarri.

The Sun is now claiming that he is in line to take over at Barcelona after their humiliating loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League throwing the future of Quique Setien into further doubt.

The report claims that the Catalans plan to turn to the former Espanyol man and he will probably raid Tottenham for some of their top stars.

It mentions Harry Kane as a possible replacement for the ageing Luis Suarez and Giovanni Le Celso, who had been a target of the Catalans before Spurs managed to beat them to his signature.

Barcelona does have serious financial issues but it would not be out of the question for them to make a move for Kane or Lo Celso and the opportunity for the pair to be reunited with Poch would be a huge temptation.

Pochettino taking over at Barcelona could be bad news for Tottenham and that is not idle speculation.