Former Spurs & Chelsea boss Pochettino admits he misses coaching in England

[p]The 54-year-old Argentine is preparing to lead ‌the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/usa/fuitL4CF/"]co-hosts[/a] at this year's World Cup finals but his name ‌is being linked to former club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham Hotspur[/a].[/p][p]Relegation-threatened ‌Tottenham will be looking for a new permanent coach next ‌season after sacking Thomas Frank in February and installing ‌Igor Tudor on an interim basis.[/p][p][b]"I love the country, its culture, the football culture,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pochettino-mauricio/zuJM7XDg/"]Pochettino[/a] said in an interview with ‌French newspaper L'Equipe.[/p][p][b]"For anyone with a ⁠competitive spirit who wants ‌to measure themselves against others and test their abilities, it's ​the ideal place. You have to constantly give your best."[/b][/p][embed guid="c41af5d2-6f3a-4ba0-92a6-0746c1f9d4c0" url="https://x.com/USMNT/status/2036187246638870709" social-type="twitter" /][p]Pochettino has had three spells in the ​Premier League starting with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/southampton/WdKOwxDM/"]Southampton[/a] before five years at Tottenham during which they became regular top-four finishers and ⁠reached the 2019 ​Champions League final. He also had one season at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a].[/p][p]After parting ways with Tottenham in 2019 he took charge at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a] in 2021 but said he ‌was approached by the London club after six months in the French capital.[/p][p][b]"Not just Tottenham. Other very big clubs too. When that six-month season ended, there was a bit of, with the whole COVID situation, the club situation created instability,"[/b] he said.[/p][p][b]"I enjoyed my experience at PSG. But I had other options, which I shared with the club, but they chose not ‌to listen to any of them."[/b][/p][p]Pochettino was a Tottenham ​target when they sacked Ange Postecoglou at the ‌end of last season, but at the time said a return to north London was not realistic.[/p][p]Tottenham are one point above the Premier League relegation zone with seven games remaining and Tudor has earned ⁠them a single ⁠point from his first ‌five league games in charge.[/p]