THis name as Real Madrid’s future manager remains a big question mark for the club to clear ahead of next season, with manager Alvaro Arbeloa seen unlikely to remain in charge after a trophyless season, especially with La Liga tipped in Barcelona’s favor with nine points with seven games remaining.
If Arbeloa’s departure is confirmed at the end of the season, several names have been repeatedly mentioned as candidates to replace him on Real Madrid’s bench. One of the leading candidates is Mauricio Pochettino, who has already been linked with a move to Real Madrid in the past. The current USA national team coach and his options were discussed on the program La Tribu de Radio MARCA. “Pochettino has enough experience to apply for the job,” said Radio MARCA director Javier Amaro. “He knows that if he comes, he has to perform from day one, and that’s what it is,” said Ricardo Sierra, a member of the program’s committee. “And he wants to come,” added Ricardo Rosetti, another participant in the debate. “He never hid his desire to be on the bench at the Bernabéu. This may be the third time he speaks out,” he recalled.
Pochettino is always on the radar of Real Madrid
Pochettino was always the club’s general manager Jose Angel Sánchez’s preferred candidate, but his contract was never finalized. “There was always a contract that tied him to Tottenham, and Real Madrid refused to negotiate with Levy, because they already knew what that meant (to Bale and Modric). The demands they made to take him out of there were outrageous,” Ramon Álvarez de Mont recalled.
“It has never happened by chance that Real Madrid needed a manager and Pochettino was free, except this time. This will definitely end the World Cup and end Pochettino’s relationship with America. “I don’t have any information that he will quit, so I’m going to take a bet, but if I was told that Real Madrid were going to change managers and you asked me why I would bet on a manager today, April 21st, I would definitely say Pochettino is the frontrunner,” he said.
Coincidentally, the fact that Pochettino already manages Kylian Mbappe, having previously managed him at PSG, also works in his favor. “The three Real Madrid bench candidates that Mbappe has worked with are Deschamps, Pochettino and Emery,” recalled Radio MARCA reporter Miguel Ángel Toribio.
