Spurs sacking of Mauricio Pochettino was brutal but oddly inevitable | Barney Ronay


Argentinian achieved remarkable things at a club where he spent less than most while juggling the move to new stadium

Farewell then, Poch. After the hugs and the backslaps, time now for a last wave goodbye.

It says a great deal about the strangeness of modern football that the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino by Tottenham on Tuesday night felt startling, brutal but also oddly inevitable.

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