{"id":16012,"date":"2025-09-04T18:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=634010"},"modified":"2025-09-04T18:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:22:17","slug":"even-if-they-made-an-offer-id-never-coach-barca-mauricio-pochettino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/even-if-they-made-an-offer-id-never-coach-barca-mauricio-pochettino\/","title":{"rendered":"Even if they made an offer: I\u2019d never coach Barca: Mauricio Pochettino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino has spoken on managerial things and clubs he could choose for coaching. The current USA men\u2019s football team manager spoke about his tactics and gameplay and how his features doesn\u2019t suit clubs like Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>USA men\u2019s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino has shed light on his managerial philosophy and the clubs he could see himself coaching in the future. The Argentine tactician, who previously managed Tottenham Hotspur, PSG, and Chelsea, was candid about his style of play and the cultural factors that influence his decisions.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the possibility of coaching Barcelona, Pochettino was clear in his stance:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if Bar\u00e7a made an offer; I\u2019d never coach them. With my tactics, I could coach them, but I\u2019d never do that. In my view, Espanyol is way more independent and way more Catalan club than Barcelona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino\u2019s loyalty to Espanyol, where he spent several years as both player and coach, has often defined his relationship with Barcelona, their fierce city rivals.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, when quizzed about a potential future at Real Madrid, Pochettino left the door open:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s never too late if the joy is worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino has spoken on managerial things and clubs he could choose for coaching. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":35681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[661,2900,238,3796,564,3919,1318,266],"class_list":["post-16012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-barcelona","tag-espanyol","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-football","tag-hansi-flick","tag-la-liga","tag-mauricio-pochettino","tag-real-madrid"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}