Mauricio Pochettino has said Tottenham Hotspur are too big a club to focus on winning the domestic cups, insisting the priority is to lift the Premier League or the Champions League.
“The project here at Tottenham is to try to win the Premier League or the Champions League. For me, that is the two big trophies,” Pochettino told a news conference.
“OK, I would love to win the Carabao Cup or the FA Cup for our fans, but Tottenham must build a project with the possibility to fight for Champions League or Premier League. Sorry, first of all the Premier League and then the Champions League. If we are going to try to win Carabao Cup or FA Cup, and forget the Premier League or Champions [League], it’s a big mistake.
“I think what it means for a big team to win trophies is to win the Premier League or Champions League. There are a lot of examples: in my second season at Southampton, Wigan won FA Cup. Where is Wigan today, with all my respect? League One. That is the most important example.
“Of course I would like to win trophies, but first of all we’ll fight for the Premier League or the Champions League.”
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