A FURIOUS Tottenham fan has gone viral for burning Mauricio Pochettino’s book after he was appointed Chelsea manager.
The Blues finally announced the Argentine as the club’s new boss on Monday.
The former Tottenham manager was locked in talks with owner Todd Boehly for weeks as the West London club searched for Graham Potter’s replacement.
Now Pochettino, who had been out of work since leaving Paris Saint-Germain last summer, has returned to the capital to take charge at Stamford Bridge.
However, despite being a huge fan favourite at rivals Spurs with many supporters wanting him to come back to them, he now appears to have become public enemy No1 after joining their neighbours.
And one individual vented his anger as he shared a clip on Twitter of himself burning a copy of Guillem Balague’s Brave New World book, released in 2017, that looked into Pochettino’s remarkable time at Spurs.
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The fan placed the book on a barbecue and filmed it burning along with a message saying: “How’s this for a barbecue you f***ing turncoat?”
But Chelsea supporters quickly mocked him, with one saying: “That BBQ has all the heat of a Tottenham trophy-hunt. It’ll clearly fizzle out before it’s completed the job.”
Another said: “The book lasted longer than any Spurs title challlenge on that BBQ.”
Another said: “Wow. That showed him.”
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Meanwhile, even some Spurs fans defended Poch, with one writing: “B******s, this isn’t on Poch, Levy was too arrogant to swallow his pride, admit that he got it wrong and do the right thing. Poch could not have done anymore to return. This is entirely on Levy.”
Pochettino is one of the most successful coaches in recent times at Spurs, despite failing to win a trophy with the club.
He averaged 1.89 points per game – the most for any Tottenham boss in Premier League history with a minimum of 38 Premier League games in charge.
The ex-Southampton chief capped off his five-year stint at White Hart Lane by leading Spurs to the 2019 Champions League final, where they lost to Liverpool.
But he was sacked just months later following a poor start to the next campaign before eventually taking over at PSG in January 2021, winning the Coupe de France and Ligue 1 prior to his departure.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
