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The High Performance Podcast

Pochettino & Perez: Truth About Spurs, How We Handled Kane, Neymar, Mbappé & Messi (E391)

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

Mindset, Non-negotiables, High Performance, Life Lessons, Health & Fitness, Growth Mindset, Sports

4.64.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Mauricio Pochettino and Jesús Pérez, two of the most respected figures in modern football management, join Jake and Damian for a rare and insightful conversation on leadership, pressure, and human performance at the highest level of the game.


Drawing on their experience managing elite teams and global superstars, they explore what it really takes to lead in high-pressure environments, where trust, emotion, and human connection matter as much as tactics and data. They discuss why understanding players goes beyond the numbers and how to balance data-driven decisions with human intuition.


The pair share stories from their long-standing partnership, including developing players like Harry Kane and Cole Palmer and managing Messi, Neymar, and Mbappé at PSG, three alphas within one dressing room.


This episode is a masterclass in leadership, human connection, and the real work behind sustained success in elite football.


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0:00.0

The club wasn't sure about Hurricane Future.

0:04.0

When we explained to the club, we won him on the squad, was difficult to convince.

0:10.0

It's not true that we didn't want to win titles like Caravaux Cup or FAA.

0:14.0

The problem was that we were focusing too many places.

0:18.0

Messi, Neymar, Mbapé, what we did is to try, be ourselves, try to do in the way that we feel,

0:26.2

but knowing that we are going to suffer.

0:30.2

You're listening to High Performance.

0:32.3

Thanks to everyone who's already subscribed.

0:34.2

If you've not, right now is the time because you'll get new episodes

0:37.6

the moment they drop and your support helps us bring more world-class guests onto the show.

0:43.4

Tap subscribe right now and keep growing with high performance.

0:51.0

Gentlemen, welcome. Thank you so much. Welcome back to high performance.

0:55.4

And for the first time ever on this show, we have a football manager with his assistant alongside him.

1:00.5

So let me come to you, first of all, Maurizio.

1:03.0

Why is Jesus so important to your success as a manager?

1:08.0

Why is so important?

1:09.1

Because I think we share the vision and the same philosophy and the

1:12.3

values.

1:14.8

In that business, that you really need to be very optimized the time and decisions and

1:22.9

everything.

1:24.2

I think to have a person with the knowledge of Jesus

1:30.0

with the capacity only to see each other

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