Ange Postecoglou rules out Tottenham guard of honour for Mauricio Pochettino
Pochettino will take his Blues side to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a blockbuster London derby in gameweek 11, which will see him face Spurs as opposition manager for the first time since his sacking in 2019.
During a celebrated five-year spell in the Lilywhites hotseat, Pochettino oversaw the club's transformation into title challengers and regular Champions League contenders, culminating in a runners-up finish in the 2018-19 European top-flight campaign.
Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Son Heung-min among others honed their craft under the Argentine, who also led Tottenham to a club-high 86 points in the 2016-17 Premier League season, where they finished as runners-up to Chelsea.
However, Pochettino failed to end Tottenham's lengthy trophy drought, and only a few months after guiding the club to the Champions League showpiece, he lost his job amid a dismal spell of form.
After leaving Spurs with a record of 159 wins in 293 matches, a brief stint at Paris Saint-Germain followed for Pochettino, who was in charge of Les Parisiens from January 2021 to May 2022 and won the Ligue 1 title in the 2021-22 season.
More Champions League heartache led to the 50-year-old exiting the Parc des Princes, and he has since overseen a mixed start to the 2023-24 campaign as Graham Potter's Chelsea successor, winning six, drawing three and losing four of his opening 13 games.
Pochettino largely masterminded Tottenham's surge up the rankings at White Hart Lane and Wembley, and he was given the boot by Daniel Levy just seven months after the opening of their new
Read on sportsmole.co.uk
