{"id":21090,"date":"2014-05-27T17:33:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T17:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=21090"},"modified":"2014-05-27T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T17:33:38","slug":"tottenham-appoint-southampton-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/tottenham-appoint-southampton-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham appoint Southampton boss"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Argentine resigned from Southampton after 18 months with the club.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old becomes Tottenham’s 10th manager since 2001 and replaces\u00a0Tim Sherwood who was sacked on 13 May.<\/a><\/p>\n “This is a club with tremendous history and prestige and I am honoured to have been given this opportunity to be its head coach,” Pochettino told\u00a0the Spurs website.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Pochettino’s assistant Jesus Perez, first team coach Miguel D’Agostino and goalkeeping coach Toni Jimenez have also left Southampton to join him at Spurs.<\/p>\n “There is an abundance of top-class talent at the club and I am looking forward to starting work with the squad,” he added.<\/p>\n “Tottenham Hotspur has a huge following across the world and I have great admiration for the passion the fans show for this team.<\/p>\n “We are determined to give the supporters the kind of attacking football and success that we are all looking to achieve.”<\/p>\n The former Espanyol boss took over at Southampton in January 2013,\u00a0when he replaced Nigel Adkins,<\/a>\u00a0and led them to eighth place in the Premier League.<\/p>\n