ExWHUemployee shares if West Ham United can appoint former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino
Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has reportedly ruled himself out of the running for the West Ham job.
According to ExWHUemployee, Pochettino does not want to move to the London Stadium due to his love for Spurs.
He spent five years in North London before he took over the reins at PSG where he went on to win his first league title.
Ex wrote, “Pochettino has said to a source of ours that he wouldn’t take the job due to his love of Spurs.”
It’s understood that the Hammers were looking to test the waters with the Argentine a few months ago.
Would’ve been ideal
It was always going to be difficult to appoint a manager of Pochettino’s calibre given his experience in managing world class players at Champions League clubs.
He is undoubtedly the perfect manager to hand the tools for a rebuild and the Hammers are seemingly in the need of one.
David Moyes has kickstarted it and has brought in quality through the door, but if Declan Rice leaves, that money will be spent on strengthening other areas as well as signing a replacement for him.
Whether the board gives Moyes another cycle solely depends on how he ends the season as things currently do not look too good for him.
If Pochettino was open, he would be a perfect fit and has established himself as one of the best managers in the world according to Pep Guardiola as well as Jurgen Klopp.
However, as he isn’t, West Ham do need to have contingencies in place in case things end up going south with Moyes.