Eriksen and Toby both have a big chance of leaving next year. So then we are replacing our top defender and top play-maker, and money is tight with the stadium. Poch has worked miracles already, replacing that would be his biggest challenge yet.

That being said United's squad is horrifying right now. They have no solid defenders and several players that haven't played up to their best ability in over a year. It would be another big project and I don't know if United's front office would let Poch do what he did at Spurs without getting involved.

Levy let Poch clear out as many players as he wanted and freeze people out of the team. Would Woodward let him do that to players like Pogba, Lindgard, Sanchez etc. and give him enough backing? I really don't know.

to buy at least one new player next summer, which was a bridge too far for Spurs.

there is talent for sure. Pogba, Lukaku, Martial, Rashford, Sanchez and some solid role players like Matic, Valencia etc but they have glaring holes on the defense and in the midfield.

I think they're more like 7-8 players away. Sanchez appears to be a write-off at this point. The whole back line is bad and it may be generous to call it bottom table quality. Jose had that bus firmly parked and Cube found himself standing alone about 16 yards out twice. Liverpool just assaulted the goal. That's been par for the course this season.

I love Lukaku, but he's not looked right since the WC and he's NOT getting the service. Rashford is really inconsistent, as is Martial. Maybe some of that is due to Jose's management, but who knows? They dropped 50M on Fred. Pogba is another matter entirely. It will be interesting to see if this change enables him to seize the opportunity or just continue to be Pogba.

I have my popcorn ready to watch the soap opera now that the baby faced assassin is running things. And I did actually name my son after him.

single player to strengthen their squad over the summer. It’s one thing to be shit at buying players (like United). It’s another to be so cheap that you won’t even try to improve your squad to compete for trophies.

I'd say we aren't too bothered about it

You mean trophyless for the past forever? Judging by where Poch is likely to be next season, and Spurs are likely to be at the end of this season, you should be bothered.

We've just beaten our rivals in their stadium, just got a result at Camp Nou to take us to the last 16 of the Champions League.

In what world should I be bothered?

You should be bothered in a world where sports fans care more about winning championships than they do about getting a single result against a rival or advancing past the opening round of a tournament.

It would be one thing if you supported Burnley. Hell, it would be different if you, like me, were supporting City in the early 1990s. But Spurs has finished in the top 4 the past few years, largely because of Poch. If your team has the capability to challenge for trophies, your ambition should be to win trophies—not simply to line Daniel Levy’s pockets. And if Spurs fans don’t give Levy stick for this shit, you’ll get what you deserve—Poch will leave, along with your star players, and you can go back to hoping you make it to Europa every few seasons.

I think Spurs being in the conversation is pretty good considering they aren't funded by the wealth of an oil rich nation or a man that stole the mineral wealth of the Russian people.

You have this guy


And this guy







You have billionaire backing too, and do you want to talk about Black Wednesday or not?


Get over yourself

You'd have a point.

But they don't, so you don't.

So like Arsenal, your owner who benefited by destroying the Pound Sterling with Soros in the 90s, is being benevolent in his spending for the club.

OK

I am a Spurs fan after all

That Madrid haven't already tapped him up. He's clearly worth it, IMO.

Now, United? No clue, because their management hasn't got a clue either. That club is a mess, top to bottom.

makes him a nice fit at the Bernabeu. The problem is the amount of control Florentino demands and the fact that any slip or loss puts you under an electron microscope and a Niagra falls cascade of criticism.

If you can survive that long under the stress, you can walk away and do whatever you want. Zizou was a genius - he got out at the perfect time when the club clearly needed to go into transition mode. Certainly appears that RM is going to be active this coming summer, so if Poch wants it now is the time.