The box office is now sold out and the popcorn machine overheating. Those in the front row are in for a treat and the skybox will be nothing short of fascinating. Jose Mourinho, the Special One, is back! The 56-year-old Portuguese was sacked by Manchester United in December 2018 and spent the best part of 2019 in the Sky Sports studio as a pundit. It would have given him additional drive though to get back on the touchline, as he\u2019s been seeing the likes of Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp setting the league on fire.<\/b> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, is it as interesting without Mo? Decked in Tottenham tracksuit and runners, Mourinho walked from his home in the heart of the Chelsea FC stronghold of London as he headed across town to his first Tottenham training session. Typical Mourinho-style press conference had journalists from all over the globe posing the most pressing questions they could construe from their arsenal. When asked about his statement back in 2015 when he lamented that he\u2019d never coach Tottenham Hotspur because of his love for Chelsea fans, Mo responded, \u201cThat\u2019s before I was sacked!\u201d Just like that, we knew the Mourinho of old was back and another blockbuster had begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pochettino\nsacked!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nappointment of Mourinho would have gotten a lot of tongues wagging, but let\u2019s\nnot forget the circumstances that led to his appointment. Mauricio Pochettino,\nSpurs\u2019 coach of 5years, was sacked. Daniel Levy could not arrive at an\nagreement with Poch and after short-changing him for such a long period, it is\nfully understandable. Spurs had the lowest net spend in the league in the\n2018\/19 season, yet still ended up in the Champion\u2019s League final and earned a\ntop 4 finish. A manager acquired from Southampton FC came to Tottenham and\nestablished himself as one of the best in Europe. He stabilized the club and\nmade them a Champion\u2019s League regular. Where will he end up next? Bayern? PSG?\nThe question on the tongue of many, but with his humility and ability to work\nwith youngsters, it will be hard to see him unemployed for long. The likes of\nHarry Kane, Dele Alli and Eric Dier will be forever grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Managers\nare hypocrites, clubs ungrateful and fans are true backbones\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Considering\nwhat Pochettino has done for Tottenham Hotspur, it is rather unfortunate that\ntheir relationship ended the way it did. He saw them through the most torrid\ntime of their modern history, moving into a new stadium with basically no money\nto spend on players. That same new stadium has an empty trophy cabinet that is\nexpected to be filled. Apparently, he does not have what it takes to take on\nthat aspect of the job, hence the result. It is of little surprise though as\namnesia is a disease spread across the board and we saw a similar instance in\n2012 when Roberto di Matteo was sacked months after winning Chelsea\u2019s maiden\nChampion\u2019s League title. In response to this, managers constantly serenade fans\nin an attempt to get them on their side, then a few months later, it\u2019s almost\nas if they were not even there. Fans are the true backbones of these clubs and\nwhen a PSG fan penned a letter to the team in 2018 asking \u201cIs there a more\nirrational condition than supporting football?\u201d, he got global answers because\nthere isn\u2019t. Managers and owners move on as it\u2019s a job and a business for both,\nbut for fans, it\u2019s a livelihood. Fans are the ones who get emotionally\nattached, cry themselves to sleep when teams lose and ignore their wives for\nbars when they win. The difference between transactional and emotional. <\/p>\n\n\n\n