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Mauricio Pochettino ‘contacted’ by five-time Champions League winners for top job

  • Jan 13, 9:50

Having been ousted at Tottenham, Mauricio Pochettino has seemingly been waiting for the right opportunity to jump back-in – and that was always likely to be club with a pedigree for winning, now that offer has arrived – according to Spanish source AS.

Barcelona have made ‘contact’ with the Argentine manager who is available – this comes on the heels of Super Cup defeat to Atletico Madrid that left the Catalan club watching on as their arch-rivals Real Madrid went on to lift the trophy on Sunday.

As of this time, Ernesto Valverde is still the manager at Barcelona but it appears time may very well be coming up for the Spaniard whose results this season have left more questions than answers about the vision of Barcelona going forward.

Whether Pochttino would satisfy fans is another question altogether, with the former Spurs boss once managing Barcelona’s local-rival’s Espanyol and was quoted saying he would never manage the five-time Champions League winners, out of principle.

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