Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino shock favourite to be first Prem manager sacked, claims Cascarino – The Sun
FORMER Chelsea forward Tony Cascarino claims Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino will be the first managerial casualty between the top six this season.
The Spurs boss took a dig at club owner Daniel Levy after a 1-0 friendly win against Real Madrid, revealing he has no input in their transfer business.
Speaking on talkSPORT Cascarino predicted Pochettino will be out of the door sooner than Frank Lampard or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer this season.
He said: “We all question whether Frank Lampard will still be at Chelsea by the end of the season and if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will still be Manchester United manager next summer.
“But the one I feel is the more likely to go from the top six first is Pochettino.
“I look at Poch and I just feel from what’s happening and what he’s communicating, I’m not sure he’s going to be there at the end of this season.
“I just don’t see it. I think it was as good as it was going to get for them last year, with them getting to the Champions League final.
“They lost 18 or 19 games by the end of the season – that’s a lot of matches.”
Poch led Spurs to the Champions League final last season – losing to Liverpool in Madrid – as well as a top four finish.
But Cascarino claims the Argentine has “frustration” with their lack of silverware – which could force the manager to depart North London.
He added: “I think he knows deep down the team isn’t there to win the title, they’re still 20 points behind the top two and I don’t see that changing next year.
“I think there’s an element of frustration that his imprint in the club is still not where he thinks it should be.
“He’s been at the club a long time and they haven’t won anything and there’s frustration in the way he’s talking.
“When he used the words, ‘now my job is the coach’, he’s sort of saying it wasn’t that when he first joined the club and he had a much bigger say on who came in.
"But now he’s saying he’s just given the players and is coaching them and trying to improve them, which he is doing.”
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