As Manchester City and Wembley loom, Spurs have gone back to the future with a hungry coach in the Pochettino mould
It has only been a matter of days but, to Toby Alderweireld, it is already plain. After the turbulence of the José Mourinho era, the reservations about his style that built to a tipping point, Tottenham have gone back to the future with the appointment of Ryan Mason. “You can see the similarities between Ryan and Mauricio Pochettino, how he wants to train, how his sessions are,” Alderweireld says. “It feels very familiar. He will bring his own view of football and his own ideas but we can see the similarities, for sure.
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