Mauricio Pochettino insists that his legacy at Tottenham Hotspur is secure despite failing to win a trophy during his time at the club, per Sky Sports’ In the Pink podcast via Sky Sports.

What’s the word?

The Argentine was sacked in November after a poor start to the season that saw Spurs slip to 14^th in the Premier League table.

Throughout his reign at the club, he guided Spurs to four consecutive top-four finishes between 2015/16 and 2018/19, while his first season ended in a fifth-place finish and a runners-up finish in the League Cup.

He also took Spurs to the Champions League final and two FA Cup semi-finals, though he was never able to actually lift a trophy.

He insists, though, that the lack of tangible success is not important when assessing his time at the club.

He said: “To play in the Champions League for three or four years and finish above Arsenal many times was a great legacy for us.

“To win a title would be a great reward but for us that is the legacy, to have the club and the stadium at Tottenham. That is more than winning titles.”

Not convincing

This is small-time thinking from Pochettino.

The club were consistently on the precipice of achieving something exceptional.

The former Southampton boss took the club to two Premier League title challenges as well as the European final.

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But to claim that he was happy with not lifting a single piece of silverware purely because Spurs consistently finished above Arsenal – they did it in 2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19 – is exactly the kind of thinking that surely held him back at the club.

Many have questioned exactly why Spurs could never get over the finishing line; maybe we now have our answer.

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