Tottenham is off to a poor start in the season, and if things don't go north soon, the North London club is in danger of losing team manager Mauricio Pochettino. Where the Argentine will head remains a question mark, but he could stay in England or make his way to Spain.
Tottenham has already figured on eight Premier League fixtures and won only three. A check on the standings will show the club is 13 points from the league leader Liverpool, which has yet to be beaten.
If the current dismal showing continues, Arsenal legend Charlie Nicholas fears the Spur could see their boss looking for the exit door and make the jump to another English club, Football London reported.
"Should the situation not improve, former Arsenal star Nicholas has claimed that Pochettino could make the 'deadly switch' to move to Old Trafford," the report said.
Nicholas added the Spurs seem headed to downhill, and it would not be surprising if the team boss will look elsewhere for a better fortune and opportunity.
"The whole collapse of Tottenham has been the biggest surprise of the season for me. If this continues, while the Manchester United situation is ongoing, Pochettino could make that deadly switch," the Arsenal icon was reported as saying.
Pochettino jumping ship could lead him to the equally struggling Red Devils, whose embattled manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been rumored on the brink of losing his job. But taking over from Solskjaer would be a "silly" thing to do by the Argentine, according to Harry Redknapp, Pochettino's predecessor at Tottenham.
"Listen, he's the manager of a London club, a great place to live, I'm sure he's earning an absolute fortune, they have a great training ground, they have a great stadium and he has great players," Metro reported Redknapp as saying.
He added Pochettino is unlikely to land a spot on other English clubs like Liverpool and Manchester City. Where he is at now seems the best for the Argentine chief, so leaving for United should be the last thing he must do, the former Spurs boss suggested.
However, Redknapp admitted that if a job in Spain opens up, then Pochettino might have a good prospect in sight.
"I don't think he'll go. Not unless the Real Madrid job comes up. I'm sure if that came up that would be a great job for him," the Independent quoted Redknapp as saying.
He acknowledged that taking charge of Real will be hard for Pochettino to turn down since taking residence in Madrid should be easy for the Argentine, not to mention the language similarity.
To be sure, Real Madrid is more preferred compared to United where Pochettino will take on the heavy task of rebuilding the Red Devils roster, Redknapp said.
