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Mauricio<\/a> Pochettino is unlikely to return to Tottenham soon due to the massive compensation required to release him from his role as USA head coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Spurs<\/a> boss, who left in 2019, remains a fan favorite but is focused on leading the United States<\/a> into the 2026 World Cup. BBC Sport reports his release fee would be among the highest in football history.
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With Tottenham’s current manager Ange Postecoglou still in charge, bringing Pochettino back would come at a huge financial cost, making a reunion unlikely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mauricio Pochettino is unlikely to return to Tottenham soon due to the massive compensation required to release him from his role as USA head coach. The former Spurs boss, who left in 2019, remains a fan favorite but is focused on leading the United States into the 2026 World Cup. BBC Sport reports his release fee would be among the highest in football history. With Tottenham’s current manager Ange Postecoglou still in charge, bringing Pochettino back would come at a huge financial cost, making a reunion unlikely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPochettino Spurs return unlikely amid compensation details - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mauricio Pochettino is unlikely to return to Tottenham soon, as his USA exit would require a compensation fee ahead of the 2026 World Cup.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/pochettino-spurs-return-unlikely-amid-compensation-details\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pochettino Spurs return unlikely amid compensation details - 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