Does Mauricio Pochettino have to leave Tottenham to fulfill his potential?

Is there any substance to the idea that Mauricio Pochettino must leave for pastures anew to fulfill his boundless managerial potential? 

The question, forgoing a more diplomatic approach, will piss off Spurs supporters. Pochettino has received disproportionate and unfair criticism lately, the verbal flogging compounded by Spurs’ semifinal FA Cup defeat.

Some say Pochettino can’t compete with the likes of Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho. Guardiola and Mourinho, due to their respective ownership groups’ staggering financial prowess, undeniably have a marked advantage.

A victim of his own overachievement, Pochettino’s success, in some circles, is being wrongfully evaluated by a lack of silverware. However, when you take the risk averse financial strategy employed by Daniel Levy into consideration, it’s fair to say that Pochettino has outperformed both Manchester managers, in spite of Spurs’ empty trophy cabinet.

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Looking at the net spends from both 2017-18 transfer windows tells a dichotomic tale.

According to Sportskeeda, Tottenham, with a net spend of £14.8 million, have the 9th lowest total in the Premier League.

That’s a lower net expenditure than Leicester, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Huddersfield, West Brom, Watford, Brighton, Chelsea, Everton, and of course, the two wealthy housewives.

United, coming in at second place, spent a net £127 million, while City’s net spend totalled a staggering £191.7 million. I’m not diminishing the job Pep did at City, but the numbers don’t lie.

He’d have a lot to answer for had his side not lifted this season’s Premier League title. Those numbers perfectly encapsulate the disparity between the ridiculous riches of the Manchester clubs and everybody else.

Daniel Levy holds the key to Pochettino’s Tottenham success

Pochettino need not venture to Real Madrid to win trophies and fulfill his potential. He does, however, need one particular monumental concession from a certain shrewd businessman.

For Pochettino’s genius to fully blossom, Daniel Levy must relinquish his tight grip on a miserly, outdated wage structure, an outcome rendered less likely with the exorbitant costs of the new stadium. Latest reports suggest Spurs’ new stadium will cost about £1 billion, more than double the original estimate.

But to accumulate riches, Levy must afford his prodigious manager the faith to speculate. Loosen the wage structure, reap the positive rewards and see the chasm between Tottenham and the Manchester sides evaporate.

Pochettino is every bit as good a manager as Pep and Jose; he merely requires the financial freedom to prove it.

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If Levy decides to try hold on to his archaic, stringent wage structure and further deny his players their market value, Pochettino will have no alternative but to take the Galacticos job, where he’ll invariably live up to his astronomical potential.

Whether we like it or not, Pochettino’s Tottenham success depends entirely on Levy. For the club’s sake, let’s hope the penny pincher finally loosens his cauterized purse strings.