A new book has claimed that Mauricio Pochettino was engaged in “serious conversations” to take over Arsenal a matter of weeks after he was sacked by their fiercest local rivals Tottenham Hotspur in 2019.
The hatred between the two north London clubs runs deep, an indisputable fact which Pochettino will have grasped after spending five years in Tottenham. The passionate Argentine embraced a fanbase which loved him back, taking a young Spurs team to three consecutive top-three Premier League finishes while also reaching the 2019 Champions League final.
