EPL:Mauricio Pochettino is Tottenham's Manager

Mauricio Pochettino has been named as
Tottenham's new head coach after resigning
as Southampton manager.
Pochettino, who has signed a five-year
contact, had been widely tipped to succeed
Tim Sherwood after guiding Southampton to
their highest-ever Premier League finish of
eighth place last season.
After joining Southampton following the
sacking of Nigel Adkins in January 2013,
Pochettino also helped develop home-grown
talent such as the England pair of Luke Shaw
and Adam Lallana.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy told the
club's website: "In Mauricio I believe we have
a head coach who, with his high energy,
attacking football, will embrace the style of
play we associate with our club.
"He has a proven ability to develop each
player as an individual, whilst building great
team spirit and a winning mentality.
"We have a talented squad that Mauricio is
excited to be coaching next season."
Pochettino added: "This is a club with
tremendous history and prestige and I am
honoured to have been given this opportunity
to be its head coach.
"There is an abundance of top-class talent at
the club and I am looking forward to starting
work with the squad.
"Tottenham Hotspur has a huge following
across the world and I have great admiration
for the passion the fans show for this team.
"We are determined to give the supporters the
kind of attacking football and success that we
are all looking to achieve."
Southampton chairman Ralph Krueger has
pledged to continue to develop the club and
said the search for a new manager has
already started.
Krueger said: "The club has been on a
constant path of growth since the arrival of
Markus Liebherr in 2009.
"This growth took place before Mauricio
came, it continued strongly under his
leadership, and it will continue into the next
season. The board's job is to find opportunity
in this challenge and to continue to move the
club forward.
"We have begun the search for a new high-
calibre manager.
"We will be looking for a manager that shares
our values, our principles and our philosophy;
a manager who can continue to grow the first
team and build on our strong foundation - a
foundation led by an ambitious vision and
plan that continues to build on our world-
class academy, our amazing 129-year
heritage and our excellent staff, and rewards
our loyal and passionate fan base."
Pochettino has also taken his back-room staff
to White Hart Lane with Jesus Perez (assistant
head coach), Miguel D'Agostino (first team
coach) and Toni Jimenez (goalkeeping coach)
all following him to north London.