The departure of Zinedine Zidane keeps Real Madrid looking for a worthy replacement. Tottenham Hotspur Coach, Mauricio Pochettino, became one of Los Blancos target after Zinedine Zidane resigned on Thursday (31/06/2018). The entry of Pochettino in Real Madrid coach exchange is not separated from the consistency of Tottenham game in the last four seasons.
Although never winning trophy, Pochettino was believed a tactical coach that can compete in the English Premier League. He was successfully made The Spurs as a respected team in the Land of Queen Elizabeth II to enter the group of The Big Six.
Pochettino was already 4 times crowned as Premier League Manager of the Month, namely in October 2013, September 2015, February 2016, and April 2017. However, Real madrid’s move to woo Pochettino will get a big obstacle from Tottenham Hotspur Chairman, Daniel Levy.
In an interview with Cuatro cited BolaSport.com from US, Pochettino has even sent a danger signal to the Real Madrid negotiator who was sent to get his autograph.
“Be careful, Daniel Levy can bite,” Mauricio Pochettino said.
Daniel Levy who leads Tottenham Hotspur since 2001 is famous as a hard figure in negotiating about buying and selling players. In Levy’s era, Spurs release Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester United, Kevin-Prince Boateng to AC Milan, Robbie Keane to Liverpool FC and Sol Campbell to Arsenal. However, all these transfers were very tough due to Levy’s reluctance to give in.
Real Madrid know exactly how tough negotiate dealing with Daniel Levy when buying Luka Modric and Gareth Bale.
Daniel Levy is not only known as a formidable speaker when selling players, but he is also good at making deals when buying players. Jean-Michel Aulas, president of Olympique Lyon, expressed this when he released goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to Tottenham Hotspur in 2012.
“In 25 years (his career), I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Jean-Michel Aulas.
