Pochettino: Messi or Maradona? Spurs Reflections & Chelsea Project Truth | Stick to Football EP 127
Stick to Football
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4.2 • 969 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to Stick to Football, brought to you by ARNE.
In this episode, Gary Neville, Jill Scott, Roy Keane and Ian Wright sit down with current USA National team manager Mauricio Pochettino. We open the show with some with myth’s surrounding him, like why does he keep lemons around the dressing room?
We then move on to his current job as the USA national team manager. He discusses his aspirations for the upcoming tournament with his team being the host nation. Does Mauricio believe that his side have the capacity to go all the way?
Mauricio also discusses life as the Paris Saint-Germain boss. Getting the job in 2021, he was tasked with managing some of the biggest personalities in the game like Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar. Pochettino discusses the highs and the lows of having such talent in his squad and the differences between that team to Luis Enrique’s current European champions.
To finish, he opens up on life in London in the Premier League, talking about his time in charge of Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. With both teams struggling on and off the field, we get an inside perspective from Mauricio to why both clubs are struggling right now.
Would you like to see Pochettino back in the Premier League and for what club? Let us know in the comments, and don’t forget to like and subscribe so you never miss an episode!
00:00 - Intro
03:38 - Mythbusters
10:46 - Translator and Southampton Impact
18:55 - Heineken Fan of the Match
20:42 - International Management
44:58 - PSG Pressure
55:57 - Tottenham Reflections
01:08:02 - Harry Kane Breakthrough
01:28:47 - Messi vs Maradona
01:32:26 - Chelsea Project Explained
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| 0:00.0 | Just before we get started, a quick thanks to our partners and clothing. |
| 0:04.0 | We hope you enjoy the show. |
| 0:06.0 | I didn't realise he was at Tottenham six seasons. |
| 0:09.0 | Oh, thank you, legend. |
| 0:12.0 | How many years do you think he was at Tottenham? |
| 0:15.0 | Tottenham, five. |
| 0:17.0 | Six. |
| 0:18.0 | Well, five and a half. Oh, that's more to work. |
| 0:22.6 | Five, seven months, that's more to ward six. |
| 0:24.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.6 | Why did you not know that? |
| 0:27.6 | No, I thought he was three or four. |
| 0:30.6 | How many years do you think that he was at Spurs? |
| 0:33.6 | What's these with the little faces? |
| 0:36.6 | Six, six seasons. Yeah. I didn't really. Hey. I've done my homework, Gary. You know what I do my homework, pal. I said six and he said five, then you said magic. I do me down. Hey, I do the hard charge. Come in. What's that? Totally guessed, didn't you? What's the six? Roy, did you see this even there? Oh, lovely. It's nice, huh? |
| 0:55.0 | Little Facy. Are they conies or Collins? I don't know, but they've got Little Face on there. Can you just sign there just for a kid's birthday? I want to come back on my chocolate. I thought you're going to see your signatures. Just sign it? Yeah, just if you can sign that. that. It's my friend's little boys. |
| 1:12.0 | Bye my little face. |
| 1:13.0 | Where's her? To sign us? Yeah, just if he can sign that. It's my friend's little boys. Bye, my little face. Do you start with the World Cup, America? What do you think? 50 days to go to the first game. Is that odd? Wow. They're not playing first game though, are they? It's Mexico first game, isn't it? More importantly, how are we going to get on in New York, six weeks together? It's going to be great, huh? I'm a bit worried. |
| 1:28.3 | I think we should, you know, we should do as well with a bike. |
| 1:30.3 | We should get a bike on a bike. |
| 1:31.3 | We're not getting a bike in New York. That's got a disaster to not, though. No, it does actually. It's not because we're riding Central Park. Yeah, I want to do some wheelies through Central Park. I'm going to come and see us for a week. |
| 1:40.3 | I want to do a few bonny hops. |
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