Mauricio Pochettino is contemplating returning to the Premier League.
That’s in line with former midfielder Stan Collymore, who has claimed the Argentine tactician is eager to take the vacant Aston Villa job.
Steven Gerrard was relieved of his duties at Villa Park following the Villians’ newest defeat in opposition to Fulham on Thursday.
Pumped three-nil, the Midlands-based membership’s hierarchy had little alternative however to half methods with the previous Liverpool captain.
Aston Villa Soccer Membership can affirm that Head Coach Steven Gerrard has left the membership with rapid impact.
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) October 20, 2022
Now with Gerrard departed, there can be a whole lot of hypothesis over which supervisor the Premier League giants will wish to recruit subsequent, and Collymore not solely believes that Pochettino could be the right match, however he additionally thinks the ex-PSG boss would leap on the probability to handle the Villians.
“There’s just one man for the job – Mauricio Pochettino,” Collymore stated in an unique interview.
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“I do know some individuals will snicker and say ‘Stan, you’re mad. Do you actually assume he’d take the Villa job?’ – Sure, I do know he would. I do know for a reality he would. I do know a whole lot of his coaches and so sure, he’d take it.
“I do know he’s managed at PSG however France’s Ligue 1 will not be the Premier League and other than the UAE state-owned golf equipment, Villa are proper up there on the subject of having cash to spend so if he did get the job, he’d be effectively backed. They’ve additionally already acquired a very good squad so there’s lots there to work with.”
Pochettino has not been in administration since he was relieved of his duties on the Parc des Princes earlier this yr, but when Collymore is true, followers might be set to see the 50-year-old return to the league the place he first made his identify with Southampton practically a decade in the past.
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