{"id":3473,"date":"2018-04-12T18:55:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=3473"},"modified":"2025-03-25T01:31:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:31:01","slug":"mauricio-pochettino-wants-this-barcelona-star-but-faces-competition-from-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/mauricio-pochettino-wants-this-barcelona-star-but-faces-competition-from-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauricio Pochettino wants this Barcelona star, but faces competition from West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino has begun planning for players that he hopes to add to his team next season, and the former Espanyol manager has taking his search to the La Liga.<\/p>\n

Pochettino is aware of the interest that several big teams have shown on his overperforming stars and faces a tough battle to keep most of them after this season.<\/p>\n

One player who made be playing for the Lillywhites for his final season is Mousa Dembele, the Belgian has reportedly stalled on signing a new deal.<\/p>\n

However, Spurs fans have no reason to be afraid as their gaffer has plans to replace him with Barcelona’s Euro 2016 winner, Andre Gomez.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese star has suffered from poor form this season and has only started 15 La Liga games, he has also been heavily criticized by the fans of the La Liga giants, but Poch believes he can help him revive his career.<\/p>\n

They face competition from West Ham, however, as the East Londoners see him as a good alternative to Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvalho whom they struggled to sign in the last transfer window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino has begun planning for players that he hopes to add to his team next season, and the former Espanyol manager has taking his search to the La Liga. Pochettino is aware of the interest that several big teams have shown on his overperforming stars and faces a tough battle to keep most of them after this season. One player who made be playing for the Lillywhites for his final season is Mousa Dembele, the Belgian has reportedly stalled on signing a new deal. However, Spurs fans have no reason to be afraid as their gaffer has plans to replace him with Barcelona’s Euro 2016 winner, Andre Gomez. The Portuguese star has suffered from poor form this season and has only started 15 La Liga games, he has also been heavily criticized by the fans of the La Liga giants, but Poch believes he can help him revive his career. They face competition from West Ham, however, as the East Londoners see him as a good alternative to Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvalho whom they struggled to sign in the last transfer window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-news"],"yoast_head":"\nMauricio Pochettino wants this Barcelona star, but faces competition from West Ham - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\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\/mauricio-pochettino-wants-this-barcelona-star-but-faces-competition-from-west-ham\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mauricio Pochettino wants this Barcelona star, but faces competition from West Ham - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino has begun planning for players that he hopes to add to his team next season, and the former Espanyol manager has taking his search to the La Liga. 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