Only the biggies count for Poch
Spurs boss targets EPL and Champions League over Cup glory
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino says domestic Cup success would make little difference to his side and that the English Premier League and Champions League are the “two real trophies” he is desperate to win.
Spurs have not won a major prize of any kind since lifting the English League Cup in 2008. They last won the FA Cup in 1991.
Pochettino’s men have finished runners-up in the Premier League in each of the last two seasons, to Leicester and then Chelsea, and Champions League qualification remains essential ahead of their move to a new stadium next year.
Despite the chance of League Cup success, Pochettino said the club’s priorities lie firmly elsewhere.
“Our objective is to win the Premier League, to win the Champions League — for me the two real trophies,” said Pochettino.
“And then there is the FA Cup. Of course I would like to win and I would like to win the Carabao (League) Cup, but if you want to be a big team and fight for big things, I think it is impossible if you don’t use all the squad and rotate in England.”
Pochettino added: “The manager always wants to win. To win the Carabao Cup? Yes, of course but it would not change the life of Tottenham.
“The FA Cup? Fantastic, I would love to win all the competitions in the world but it really changes your life if you win the Premier League or the Champions League. That is the truth.”
Our objective is to win the Premier League, to win the Champions League — for me the two real trophies.
Mauricio Pochettino