Tottenham Has No History Of Winning – Mauricio Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino has hit out at those who compare his club to the heavyweights of Europe, saying footage of their last title-winning team is in black and white.

Pochettino has been criticised for not delivering trophies, with another opportunity slipping away in midweek as they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup to Chelsea in the semifinals after a penalty shootout loss.

His words, “”Tottenham, with no history of winning… our glory, I watch the video about the glory, it’s with [Bill] Nicholson. It’s black and white,” he told a news conference. “And I watch it nearly every week and to create again that feeling you need time. Four years, five years, that’s nothing in the history of the club.

“Sometimes we forget where we came from four and a half years ago. That is the first mistake people make.

“Tottenham will be in the same level as Manchester united, Manchester City, this type of club, Chelsea. In the future, I hope, yes. But we sometimes forget from where we came.

“Four and a half years ago, when we arrived here the people begged to be competitive. Begged to have the possibility, in five years, once to be in the Champions League, to attract good players.

“Be regular competing in the cups in the semi-finals. If you looked at the record of the last four and a half years, we always when we lose, lose against big teams. Semi-finals, finals, and I think we were regular in the top four, in some seasons we were contenders – in a different way that the teams that we are talking about.

“And that is completely unfair, to charge the club like you are going to charge Manchester City, Liverpool or Chelsea.

“In the last 10 years who was the team that won the most titles? Chelsea, no? And after losing on penalties what are we going to say? Only to describe that Tottenham was so competitive, Chelsea was so competitive. It’s not changed the reality.”