https://www.teamtalk.com/news/two-r...id-seemingly-put-an-end-to-pochettino-pursuit Note that Ballague explicitly states that the mythical 'approach clause' was a fabrication of the Madrid state-sponsored unsettling machine.
Did someone tell AFC Franco that trying to wish a release clause into existence doesn't work? If it did, we'd be helping ourselves to three Man Utd players every summer
An interview with MP from Spanish TV...http://sportwitness.co.uk/pochettin...says-reals-rumoured-interest-made-feel-proud/ Regarding the rumoured interest, he said: “To recognise my career and work, something positive and that makes me feel proud. “A year and a half into my contract my exit clause disappeared and the club rewarded me for the work done. Now the agreement is different. If any club wants to sign me, they have to ask permission from Daniel Levy. I do not know if Real Madrid called Tottenham to sign me.” “I am very happy at Tottenham. When I made the decision to renew, I did it with all the consequences. We are going to have the best stadium in Europe and a very nice project that I want to be part of,” he said. “You cannot leave if you have just given your commitment to a club like Tottenham , which in its day signed me from Southampton and has given me the opportunity to be in the Champions League.” He never even asked if Madrid contacted Daniel Levy....he's just not like most people in football.
He doesn't have to. He just reads our "Hack watch" article like the rest of us, cos the hacks are so ITK about whether stuff like the above actually happen(ed) , right ??
From El Pais... Sources from Madrid and the federation say that the Chamartin club had been dragging a list of coaches for months to replace Zidane, whose priorities were set in the following order: Löw, Pochettino, Klopp, Allegri, Conte, Lopetegui and Villas-Boas... But before closing anything, Sanchez contacted Daniel Levy, Tottenham’s chairman, to make a last attempt to sign Pochettino. Until Monday afternoon, Madrid did not completely discard the Argentine. Only then did they contact Lopetegui to announce that they would sign. please log in to view this image