Pochettino Seeking To Emulate Wenger

By Max Wise

Tottenham Hotspurs manager Mauricio Pochettino is hoping to emulate former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s long reign at the Gunners and stay at Spurs for more than 20 years.

The former Espanyol boss is in his fifth season at the club after joining from Southampton in the summer of 2014.

He has guided the North-London club to Champions League qualification in three of his four full seasons in charge.

Spurs have been impressive again this season as they currently sit in third place on the Premier League log having also made it out of a tough Champions League group that included Barcelona and Inter Milan,and qualified for the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 7-0 hammering of League 2 side Tranmere Rovers last week.

Tottenham face Chelsea in the semi-final first leg of the EFL Cup at Wembley on Tuesday, and ahead of the game, Pochettino who has been linked with the Real Madrid and Manchester United managerial positions made known his intention of staying at Spurs for a long time.

"I hope, or I wish to be here 20 years and decide to leave or to finish my career here," said Pochettino.

"I am so focused here, and want to help the club achieve what the club want to be in history."

"It would be fantastic. I am so happy to be here. I am so happy to work in that pressure. Why not?"

"But I don't know because I need to ask [Wenger] one day if I have the possibility if he is so happy in the way that he finished. What I saw from my point of view, it was so unfair how the people treated him."