Mauricio Pochettino Gives A Football Management Masterclass

Watch the full unedited episode with former Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino.
He’s a man who creates a real family atmosphere wherever he coaches. He has won trophies at Espanyol and PSG as a player, but he’s now best known as a top-class manager with spells at Espanyol and Southampton before he took Tottenham to finals and their best league finish in 25 years, playing football as effective as it was impressive.
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino born 2 March 1972, is an Argentine professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
Pochettino played as a central defender and began his career in 1989 with Primera División club Newell's Old Boys, winning a league title and finishing as runner-up in the 1992 Copa Libertadores. In 1994, he transferred to newly-promoted La Liga club Espanyol, helping establish their top-flight status and won the 2000 Copa del Rey, their first trophy in 60 years. In 2001, he joined Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and had a stint with Bordeaux, before returning to Espanyol in 2004, winning another Copa del Rey in 2006. Pochettino was capped 20 times for the Argentina national team and played at the 1999 Copa América and 2002 FIFA World Cup.
After retiring as a player, Pochettino began his managerial career at Espanyol in 2009. He left the club in 2012 after poor results and financial disputes. In 2013, he was appointed at Premier League club Southampton, leading them to an eighth-place finish that season - equalling their highest ever Premier League finish. He signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 2014 and finished as league runner-up in the 2016-17 season and UEFA Champions League finalist in 2019. He was dismissed after a string of poor results, and in 2021, joined Paris Saint-Germain, where he won Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France.
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[@HighPerformancePodcast]

Being invited to Mauricio's home was a real treat. His positivity and energy is so infectious to be around. Do you enjoy the video?

[@TJaeSpeaks]

Saw the Ole podcast being a utd fan, now i have watched every interview you have on the channel. I hope you guys grow soon. Awesome content, great questions and top guests.

[@munajawake]

Watching this makes you realise why he takes good players and makes them world class. Top Coach, Top Man

[@Arielle1309]

Ole's was my favourite because he's my club manager:) And I love him so much.

[@kutlomahole7301]

favourite manager he is very underrated want him at man utd. with money he can compete with klopp and guardiola

[@sagarseshadri7810]

No

[@dzpower4700]

Chelsea fans are you here?👀

[@Tonic_T]

You got me😅

[@AliMunirFarooqui]

Waited until announcement 😂

[@Dricrass]

Hey there 😁🙌

[@flc689]

Of course we are!

[@tosin.junaid]

Hello

[@dimitridigbeujr363]

starting to come around to the idea of Poch at the Bridge

[@Mikipuita703]

Watching this as a Chelsea fan hoping he is the answer for the future.

[@24KGreenwell]

i think he will. Todd stitched Potter up with the amount of players and GP was too nice. Poch will put his foot down when needed, which is what a lot of the players needed.

[@CFC_Reporting]

POV: you have come back to this video after he has joined Chelsea. COYB 💙💙💙🇦🇷

[@kinito992]

I can't believe I haven't found this podcast before. I love this idea of just having long hour conversations with these managers. Simple interview formats found in media just don't get the chance to get in their head like this. However, I'd love to hear more of the questions we don't hear in normal interviews. I'm not a player/manager and don't intend on being so, but I am fascinated by what these managers do beyond the more abstract concepts like mental attitude, discipline, work rate, etc. It'd be interesting to hear more of what makes him different, since most of these great managers share this same mentality of the requirements of discipline, ambition, etc.

[@HighPerformancePodcast]

Glad you like Anthony! More coming. Check out the insta page to @highperformance

[@educationthroughsport9971]

Not just this one. All❤️

[@shafaatoo9328]

this podcast is so underrated

[@educationthroughsport9971]

Same opinion here🙋🏼‍♂️

[@leladay6248]

Being invited to Mauricio's home was a real treat. His positivity and energy is so infectious to be around. Do you enjoy the video?

[@GavMystro]

How had this not blown up? Yous need a little bit of marketing and these will blow up. Some feedback though: Get rid of the BS "how do you define high performance" question at the start, we wonna hear real stories from Poch, not more BS media questions that draw standard "professional" responses that we see all the time

[@vipinraghuwanshi577]

This is about to blow up soon. Solskjaer's interview has already crossed 200k. Many others will soon follow.

[@asupertramp948]

It's a good question. Maybe the idea of what high performance is, is the same for a lot of high performers.

[@jordanshalala5298]

agreed

[@YTSqwid]

"High performance lifestyle," is the marketing angle. There is somewhat of a yuppy stink here, although it may just be Jake Humphrey.

[@pt17171]

I agree about this "high performance" thing. You don't need to ask Poch about this. It sounds like you are trying to sell something. Ask open questions and let the subject talk.

[@supremebison8281]

Brilliant content - maybe try getting Eddie Howe after the dust surrounding his departure has settled a bit. Taking a team from League Two to 5 years in the Premier League is literally the definition of high performance!

[@bingbong4848]

You knew... 😎

[@JamesJones-od2ns]

@@bingbong4848everyone knew ffs 😂

[@adn17]

I can listen to Poch over and over again. Thank you high performance for digging deep, in a respectful manner.

[@HighPerformancePodcast]

Thank you !

[@Boyblunder2k9]

Best manager we ever had. Disgraceful that after 1 bad period in 6 years Levy bailed because spurs is “just a business to him.” Thankyou for the memories Poch and I hope one day you will return and you are always welcome.

[@Ash-br8jh]

It's just disgusting how the boards never backed him at all, He is just class we love him. Without proper backing, he went on 2 years without transfer and brought us to the UCL final that no one ever expected including myself. His sacking brought me to tears, I truly wish our club strives like how he does

[@Derrickg987]

@@Ash-br8jh I agree completely.

[@theenglishman3368]

The problem with Spurs is the attutude of the supporters and the chairman - until they change them, they'll never win anything

[@luizhumbertocampos1103]

Just remembering that Spurs was 14th in the league and lost 7-2 to Bayern before Mauricio was sacked

[@jackchallis9456]

couldn't agree more. The lack of loyalty shown by the board, after all he did for the club, made me dislike my own football club. Best manager we've ever had, had us punching above our weight for years

[@LMessi10Ibrahimovic9]

Great concept, Terrible conducted interview. The rigid talking points and leading questions take away the natural flow of the conversation. Let the man express himself without trying to lead the conversation towards answers that you want to "hear" because that's how you believe someone should think about it. Maybe Pochettino doesn't move as quickly from a defeat as you would want him to do. Perhaps he's capable of focusing on the next game while still lamenting and analysing the previous one. Because it helps him prepare for the future in some way. We all know his a very emotional leader and seem to have a different way of handling defeats and managing/operating his team that differs from the framework you seem to expect based on your talking points.

[@klinsmannhotspur9792]

the best manager we have during the last 20 years...

[@Derrickg987]

He's magic, you know.

[@therunningsloth6915]

Won nought

[@weirskii]

@@therunningsloth6915 This argument is so fucking stupid. Eddie Howe didn't win anything (unless you think winning first place in lower leagues count), but look how respected he is. He turned us a mainstay in the CL and we've only slipped up this season. Silverware isn't an indicator of progress.

[@barrymacdonald3439]

@@weirskii silverware is the only sign of progress that will be remembered. Nobody remembers runners up and spurs are the king of underachievers they should of had at least 1 title with the squad they had.

[@viajaycay]

@@barrymacdonald3439 Pochettino actually addressed this in this very good podcast. Perhaps listening to it and supporting the channel's good work is a nice idea

[@jl9752]

I miss Poch managing Spurs so much.....

[@ciaranobrien8733]

Until jose wins the treble

[@coachtechnique]

@@ciaranobrien8733 or something

[@dp-mo5jh]

J L ... why? Won absolutely nothing

[@TheWefikus]

@@ciaranobrien8733 ahaha... wait, you're serious? AHAHAHAHA

[@archimedesscrew3710]

Yeah, me too.....

[@subscription9]

Poch being asked questions in analogue and answering in digital. He is a very clever emotionally intelligent guy, shame the interviewers don't seem to be.

[@AndyTheESLGuy]

Just watched the Rio podcast and came here.... can't believe the views on this! You guys deserve a lot more exposure for this great content! Maybe invest in a few KZbin ads? I'm sure this channel will blow up!

[@subjectivepersp1937]

Tearing up a little. I miss him. With support in the transfer market we could have won trophies with him

[@EMY12594]

Waited till the appointment was confirmed before watching this 🔥

[@sonofCW]

Love this podcast. Have met Damian on a couple of occasions and love his thinking. As a Spurs fan it hurts my soul that Mauricio isn't at Tottenham anymore. I loved what he created at Spurs, and believe that with investment he would have won trophies.

[@ArjyBarjy1]

Hopefully he comes home

[@markhyde1970]

Poch we love you, we miss you @Spurs. We never got to say goodbye. Come home soon x

[@markusokellius]

From all the interviews I've listened to with you guys, the one quality that shines through is humility. Brilliant work guys!

[@dariamvs]

Spurs fan here and I've got just one thing to say; God, I miss him.

[@SFX75]

Very late to this party, but I concur. Could I miss him anymore? It sounds crazy, but I would rather have him back and entertain to the final of the CL than grind our way to a league cup. I believe we would be successful if he returned Come back Mopo.

[@sephiroth4543]

Do you still miss him 😂

[@NicholasOG]

Best show for football fans 💪🏾 from 🇰🇪

[@stephenvaughan6496]

He’s magic u know please come home potch we have missed u so much best spurs manager last decade class

[@AlanSharland]

So many fans wanting him back after the recent disasters. Why isn't Levy listening? Who else from our recent managers are remembered so fondly.

[@hughjackson8866]

@@AlanSharland Chelsea...

[@colinstanley4608]

OH!!!!!!!! How I wish He was still manager of my beloved Spurs. I Loved everything about his time at Tottenham. I Loved him as a human being and how he got Spurs to play football. I have supported Tottenham since 1964 and after Sir Bill Nick and Keith Burkinshaw, Poch is my favourite manager. I hope one day soon he returns to my beloved club. As always 'Audare Est Facere'

[@---uz5xq]

The football, along with results, soured many months before he was sacked. The beautiful football people attribute to him was missing in the last season and a half. Spurs were very poor in that time, and very lucky to make a Champions League final. Despite this, so many people romanticise his time at the club as only good. He did well for a number of seasons, but his time was rightly brought to an end, things were not improving. The fans really need to move on.

[@thecommentguy9141]

Thank you for everything poch. 🎵Hes magic you know🎵

[@francoromero8681]

Un crack Poche, muy buena charla

[@tonyw3436]

It's so interesting to listen to managers talk about their management styles. Pochettino says he wants what's best for the players while Ole says he wants the players to feel important. Pochettino's style definitely feels more personal and Ole probably inherited the team spirit from Sir Alex

[@VictorPanainte]

Amazing podcast, very informative, thanks lads

[@raphaeldelaghetto4]

Top man, top manager. All the best Poch

[@sebseb8643]

You can still feel the pain of the champions league final. I would have loved to hear him talk about not playing Moura after his heroics in getting them there. That for me was the turning point and where his meritocratic ethos came into question. Healing time, but should be so proud. Great man and Jesus too

[@chriswilkes236]

Agreed.

[@stud105]

I agree with that.

[@rand84]

Great interview and great manager. Would love to see him manage villa one day.

[@askthedogs5146]

in your dreams mate lol

[@adrianfernand33s]

@@askthedogs5146 maybe when his nearly finished and needs a quick buck

[@SirUnaiEmery]

Ask the Dogs Lol only time will tell

[@coachtechnique]

this is great as a head coach i can learn a ton

[@gn-gary4864]

As a spurs fan. I just love this man. Even if we win stuff now i will Still be gutted

[@sbuzonditv631]

Pochettino is well suited for Man Utd his beliefs and football reminds me of SAF, I honestly see him as a Utd manager sooner than we think...

[@smsm-xb1lt]

Hopefully you’re right 🙏

[@jackchallis9456]

Alex himself has said Poch is the one he wants. If he could create the same magic at Utd than he did at Spurs, they'd be right back at the top

[@ay613]

Then Ten Hag came.

[@TKSnatch]

LOVE YOU POCH. Please come back, it's not been the same since you left.

[@louiealissa]

Jake. Podcast world doesn’t require all those bs script stuff at the top of the interview. Just get straight into it. You’ve got something special here, listen to your audience. We know poscasts

[@boleshuggah]

he's in contract with a big corporation (sky, bt, bein...), saying things that are out of the ordinary and jumping from topic to topic is REAL conversation which those pricks can't do cuz of PR and their image. I love watching these kinds of interviews but I never expect anything crazy

[@hasnainqureshi5828]

Wonderful conversation

[@iftikharmir3916]

So humble so honest so down to earth !!!! a true coach !!!! after Pep he da best !!!!!!!!!! it is so sad HE WAS SACKED !!! for only one quarter of a bad season !! but again its da brutal commercial bullock !!! not against mo !!! but he deserved way way more from Tottenham !!! no more to say !!!! you guys know from where i m coming !!

[@mrmiyagi9848]

Miss this man!

[@WilliamLimao]

This man, ladies and gentlemen, is a legend.

[@zukispur5493]

10 years in management with no glory though.

[@terrya8989]

Hahaha. He's achieved nothing. Legend in his own lunch time perhaps.

[@pankajbinayaksubba1429]

Let's see how this season goes. Don't hurry to judge.😂

[@bryanokello4168]

Welcome to Chelsea 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@SalaciousDr]

I am Argentinean and I would like to attempt to condense what Pochettino is trying to explain in this interview. I can see that Pochettino mentions things that are not obvious for the British viewer. The arrival of Bielsa and Griffa at 02:00 in the night to see his legs: That is a sort of “vetting”, in the old English sense, when a vet will painstankly examine a horse for fitness prior to a race. The time at night is circumstancial, no matters. Why Bielsa and Griffa went to his house to see his legs and home environment? They wanted to see his legs and home to gauge is nutritional background. Sounds stupid? Well, you get it for granted in Britain, but in Argentina unfortunately is not the case. In Argentina, specially in the province where Pochettino is from, there are 1.7 cow for every human. There is far more cattle than humans, yet you can’t take for granted that everybody has a family or clinical history of good nutrition for fitness at 14 years to the clubs reserve division. That’s why they went to see his legs, as weird as might sound to you British viewers. That visit in that way at night was a sort of rudimentary and primitive bone-densitometry assessment, but that’s how things still work in paradoxical Argentina. Further into the interview he then tries to explain that Bielsa and Griffa were ahead of their times, because they weren’t scouting players on the sole basis of skills on the pitch, but they were incorporating an holistic approach to scouting players, they were interested in the long run, in the long term objectives and so they didn’t just want a player based on his footy skills, but also taken into consideration his muskulo-esqueletal foundation; to put it in a nutshell.

[@jacktheladstevens]

We love you Poch

[@ddtphoenix1265]

Great Podcast

[@ant777live]

Interesting to listen to this now.

[@galwayrover]

Very interested in how Poch uses handshakes and the like to assess the personal energy of players and other staff at the football club. I used a variation of this technique when consulting on customer satisfaction for clients in the Arabian Gulf.

[@errrr286]

i didnt think he'd come to Chelsea, i wasnt too into football when he coached Totenham so i don't have an impression on him, but from what i hear here, he sounds like a manager that id tell Todd Boehly not to sack regardless of the results we get while he manages us. i get the impression he is a builder and can build something amazing with us

[@epec20]

Praying for Poch to be our next manager 🙏🏾 Coys

[@lennykerkhove9219]

So frustrating when Pochettino goes in to the point of closing the chapter with Tottenham after the Champions League Final and starting a new project, you disrupt the man and dive in to some ideological, philosophical question. This completely killed the flow and opportunity to get some real insight in to his last months at Spurs. Interview conducting skills need massive improvement but the concept of this podcast is great.

[@seyzeffects]

Chelsea fans here raise your hand 🖐️ 💙

[@shaktimaan90]

He's maaggiiicccccc you knowwwwwwwwww 🙌

[@laurajohnson4008]

We want Maurizio Pochettino to be the next manager he got us to the Champions league final

[@KelechiUgwueze-xq1bo]

Yeah we are here

[@truthwinsuk2555]

Top show

[@benjaminopondo5577]

After watching this.. honestly I now understand why Boehly decided this was his candidate the charisma n honesty in him is just a no brainer

[@archimedesscrew3710]

Top man 👍

[@otlotlengrasedikela2960]

The best coach ever

[@stezer997]

I miss you 🥺

[@DWizzle0007]

My manager! #COYS

[@HedlaStr]

A great podcast, but you had so many possibilities to dig just a tad deeper on many of the specific games/situations that Poch brought up himself, such as the CL final, the closed chapter after the final (and the horrid season thereafter), and instead you chose to veer off to philosophical or ideological questions. Missed the mark there.

[@ZPSBestProfileName]

Yeah, appreciate the podcast but the questions in this episode could be asked in a second interview. The time was ripe here to get spurs info

[@johnferreira885]

He is still feeling it :(

[@jpfigue]

Great interview mate. Keep it up! Bielsa next?

[@HighPerformancePodcast]

He would be brilliant wouldn’t he!

[@theenglishman3368]

Bielsa wouldn't work under Levy - get real

[@RealionairesClub]

@@theenglishman3368he meant Bielsa as a guest on the show

[@coachfarkhad1657]

Interesting interview. It's pity Pochettino has been sacked by Chelsea

[@thewhitekirby3973]

I know it would never happen because Mauricio knows he is a leader, but if he humbled himself and joined the coaching staff at Spurs would be a dream. Mourinho and Pochettino sitting down and talking tactics would probably create the best Spurs team ever.

[@Jake-gz3le]

Brilliant podcast with an even better guest, was poch still manager of Spurs when this was recorded?

[@HighPerformancePodcast]

No, he had left Spurs at this point! Thanks for comment

[@Jake-gz3le]

@@HighPerformancePodcast I’m itching for him to manage United one day, really comes across as someone very special

[@ofeoritseyaluwu2185]

Here after Chelsea confirm his appointment

[@00wrongun]

Poch we miss you

[@TheIherbert]

Can't believe Spurs let this man go. If he wins the league for Chelsea, it's going to be peak for spurs

[@comeon1503]

Wins the league?!!! They can’t even Get top 10

[@TheIherbert]

@@comeon1503 I said "IF"

[@comeon1503]

@@TheIherbert oh I didn’t see that… and imagine if Spurs win the league, its going to be peak for poch

[@tonychelsea9824]

No if,he will win the league with chelsea

[@tonychelsea9824]

​@@comeon1503 😂😂😂😂😂ok

[@chriswilkes236]

I think the whole approach of the interviewers is pretty naive - pre-arranged categories and theories which are then trotted out. Very hierarchical assumptions about leadership, It goes on and on. Thank God Mauricio was patient enough and clever enough to step round their clumsy questions, and provide some interesting answers.

[@carloscrod_]

Exactly.

[@deanryan8725]

Hold tight Jorge Reeeefaaaa

[@nikitashachatterjee8996]

Football is not an ordinary business..thank you Poch ❤️

[@chriswilkes236]

The comments by the interviewers are so annoying, I'm cutting this off. Good luck, the rest of you.

[@johnpage4581]

Brilliant Poch ,how stupid that we never went back for him.

[@1000deaths]

Spuds really fucked up on letting him go. I'm so excited for him to work with Chelsea.

[@comeon1503]

Yep, he’s sacked before christmas

[@1000deaths]

@@comeon1503 you must be a positive person to be around 😂

[@comeon1503]

@@1000deaths I am… everyone says They love me. Yesterday They said They love me… I just said what I think will happen

[@Oliman45.]

Poch❤

[@sftorres_]

can you put spanish subtitles? Thanks!!

[@j28n]

"he won trophies" poch: 😳 😂😂 love him and miss him coys

[@hmasood4637]

Can you do a podcast with Ronaldo talking about his career he had at United and the different pressures he had to supervise while being at the club

[@anderbean2945]

No

[@wellsy619]

Once Mourinho is done with Spurs. I do honestly believe that Poch will come back. He should have never been sacked like he was. Everyone has bad periods but you have to stick by managers. That's the problem with modern football

[@azharkhan5249]

You should do this live in front of an audience. And send me a ticket

[@laurajohnson4008]

Daniel Levy made a big mistake getting rid of Maurizio Pochettino

[@TottenhamArb]

Teary eyes watching this, hope he comes back to spurs

[@Rahat-cg8rv]

At least he's coming back to London

[@sebseb8643]

I can see Man Utd appointing him soon

[@insightly_]

Chelsea fans hola

[@laurajohnson4008]

The fans want Maurizio Pochettino back we got to the champions league final while he was still Manager of spurs

[@SalaciousDr]

Football is about players' feelings says Pochettino, but what he's trying to say is that it's about HUMAN PERCEPTION, if you have it in great fine tune, then is when you get paid like Pochettino, Bielsa, Mourinho, Guardiola, etc.

[@johnnyboy2268]

BRING THE GUY HOME

[@TheJohnCooperShow]

As soon as he lost dembele the team started bombing. The champs league was more luck than anything.

[@windrider6124]

I miss this man.. Spurs now has world class stadium, world class coach and world class players playing world class shit-football. Take me back to Pochettino and last season on WHL. Coys.

[@JayBall11]

This was 3 years ago?

[@europeanroyalty4778]

Should be called the man utd podcast

[@jakhaughton1800]

The only mistake Poch made was playing an unfit Kane in the Champions League final instead of Lucas Moura. A classic case of a player being bigger than the club. To be dropped after scoring a hatrick against Ajax must’ve been devastating. And anyone who ends up with Lucas will see the best of him given game time.

[@Steve-1978]

Wonder if Daniel Levy has watched this recently?!

[@gracianoantonio4416]

Can we have mourinho next

[@Yr7tha]

Poch to Utd pls 🙏

[@reddevilian]

United would have been a great next step for Poch; but for now Ole is slowly going into the right direction

[@goldfingerhardcore]

Ole is destroying the squad. Man Utd used to aim for titles, now it aims for mediocrity like Arsenal.

[@karlaboi3896]

Big up your selves

[@gkmutd6510]

This guy will coach united in the near future

[@smsm-xb1lt]

I hope you’re right.

[@splash9087]

@@smsm-xb1lt 👀

[@FoodLifeStyleAndTravel]

The big take away is he needs more time. Come back stronger boss, may u find that trigger to do so.