Ian Ladyman has tipped Mauricio Pochettino to make a sensational return to Tottenham after the sacking of Thomas Frank.
Pochettino, who took Spurs to the 2019 Champions League last throughout his five-year stint in north London, is presently managing the USA nationwide crew forward of their internet hosting of the 2026 World Cup.
Talking to Whistleblowers co-hosts Mark Clattenburg and Gordon Sensible, Every day Mail Soccer Editor Ladyman stated the Argentine will possible take over at Tottenham after this summer time’s match, with an interim supervisor put in within the meantime to avoid wasting the membership from relegation.
Yesterday, Tottenham introduced they’d parted methods with Thomas Frank after the Dane didn’t win any of his eight Premier League matches in 2026. Spurs presently sit in sixteenth place, 5 factors above the drop.
Ian Ladyman has tipped Mauricio Pochettino to make a sensational return to Tottenham after the sacking of Thomas Frank
Ladyman stated the Argentine will possible take over at Tottenham after this summer time’s World Cup, with an interim supervisor put in within the meantime to avoid wasting the membership from relegation
‘I might be amazed if it is not Pochettino managing Spurs subsequent season,’ Ladyman predicted.
‘If I used to be accountable for Tottenham, I might rent an interim supervisor between now and the tip of the season, simply to maintain them up. If that interim can carry out a miracle within the Champions League and get to 1 / 4 last, then nice.
‘Poch will not stick with the US after the World Cup, I’m certain of that. I might then get him in throughout the summer time. I feel there’s unfinished enterprise there.’
Pochettino guided Tottenham to their most profitable spell in latest reminiscence, narrowly lacking out on main honours each domestically and overseas.
He was controversially sacked in November 2019 with a 55.9% win share, the third highest within the membership’s Premier League historical past.
On Frank’s removing, Ladyman agreed with the Tottenham board, saying they needed to make the choice to safeguard the membership’s top-flight standing.
Nonetheless, he acknowledged the troublesome nature of the dismissal, with Frank broadly revered all through the sport.
On Frank’s removing, Ladyman agreed with the Tottenham board, saying they needed to make the choice to safeguard the membership’s top-flight standing
Yesterday, Tottenham introduced they’d parted methods with Thomas Frank after the Dane didn’t win any of his eight Premier League matches in 2026
Ladyman stated: ‘Tottenham have Arsenal at dwelling subsequent up. They’ve West Ham choosing up factors beneath them. Spurs can not permit themselves to get relegated.
‘To safeguard their speedy future, they sadly needed to sack a bloke who most individuals in my business assume an excessive amount of. However, Frank has failed at Tottenham.’
Ladyman revealed that sources near Tottenham have instructed him all season that the squad merely shouldn’t be ok.
He argued that their good kind within the Champions League is simply the results of being matched towards middling sides.
‘Martin Samuel at The Instances identified yesterday that they’ve solely beat Dortmund, Frankfurt, Slavia Prague, Copenhagen and Villarreal.
‘Copenhagen completed thirty first, Frankfurt thirty third, Prague thirty fourth and Villarreal thirty fifth. It seems like they only acquired a very fortunate draw.
‘They beat the groups they need to have overwhelmed. They received towards the garbage within the Champions League.
‘They cannot beat Premier League groups. Their XGs are embarrassingly unhealthy at dwelling.’
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