Pochettino saddened by Tottenham relegation fight

Mauricio Pochettino, the former Tottenham Hotspur manager, expressed deep sadness over the club's current fight against Premier League relegation during a recent appearance on The Overlap's Stick to Football podcast.

With four matches left in the 2025-26 season, Tottenham sit 18th in the table, two points below safety. Pochettino, who managed the team from 2014 to 2019, guided them to second place in the 2016-17 Premier League and their first Champions League final the following year. "It's really sad, I really love Tottenham, it's going to be a part of my life, an important part of my life as a coach, my personal life too," he said. "It's difficult to accept."

Pochettino reflected on the challenges of his tenure, which overlapped with the construction of a new stadium and training ground. The team played home games at Wembley Stadium and Milton Keynes, and went 18 months without a signing, a Premier League record. Despite limited transfer spending, Tottenham remained competitive, though they missed targets such as Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum, who later joined Liverpool. "We had money to spend but not the type of money to improve, to be close to win or to challenge,"...