TOTTENHAM chiefs left Mauricio Pochettino furious when installing Amazon documentary cameras in his office – days after refusing his request to buy some HIMSELF for training purposes.
The ‘All Or Nothing’ flick was announced earlier in the season and will now switch its focus from sacked coach Poch to Jose Mourinho.
A lack of control pushed Pochettino to the edge at SpursCredit: EPA
As part of the deal to replace the Argentine, Mourinho will have had to agree to letting Amazon cameras have intense access to his running of the club.
But it was a row over the flick with chairman Daniel Levy that helped spark Pochettino’s falling out with the club.
Daily Mail report that the former manager asked for £80,000 worth of cameras to be installed around his training pitch to evaluate sessions.
Despite that seeming like a fairly minor amount of money for a club like Spurs, the request was refused – even when Poch offered to pay for them himself.
And the coach was pushed over the limit when Amazon were given the green light to install cameras in his personal office. They were reportedly worth a similar amount to the ones he wanted.
Coupled with head of football operations Rebecca Caplehorn and Levy’s disagreement with Pochettino over the future of his players, this made his stay in north London a ticking time bomb.
Out of contract at the end of the season, the former defender wanted Christian Eriksen, Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld sold to raise funds.
Caplehorn and Levy, who reportedly run the club from top to bottom, turned down that plan too and said they would accept the trio leaving for free if they had to.
It is a far cry from Pochettino’s control on Southampton and Mourinho will now have to deal with the same stringent hierarchy.
Yet the coach mocked Manchester City’s previous appearance in Amazon’s behind-the-scenes series.
In August 2018, Mourinho remarked: “You don’t need to be disrespectful to have a fantastic movie.
“You can be a rich club and buy all the best players in the world but you cannot buy class.
“Because I am in the movie I could ask for some royalties.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
