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Christian Ziege
From a Spurs news email I recently signed up for in the Torygraph.:
Mauricio Pochettino has cancelled his separate post-match press conferences while speculation over his Tottenham Hotspur future rumbles on.
The Tottenham manager is no longer giving a five-minute briefing following his main post-match press conferences, as he has done for the past four-and-a-half years.
The briefing, away from television cameras and radio microphones, was designed to give the written press, both newspapers and websites, some
exclusive content that could be held back.
It was also used to give Pochettino the chance to give any off-the-record explanations to his on-the-record statements that may have left room for doubt or confusion.
Tottenham are not using interest from Manchester United and Real Madrid as an excuse for Pochettino scaling back his media commitments, but the timing does allow him to avoid some potentially awkward questions.
Ironically, it was to broadcast questions that Simon Felstein, the club's head of communications, recently stopped any talk of United. The subject never came up during the separate written briefing at the end of the same media conference.
Jose Mourinho had long since stopped giving reporters extra time at the end of post-match press conferences by the time he left United, while Pep Guardiola and Unai Emery will only allow a couple of additional questions.
It is unclear whether Pochettino’s decision is temporary or long-term, but he remains one of the most engaging managers in the Premier League and still gives up 10 minutes of extra time to the written press at the end of his pre-match broadcast conferences.
Pochettino often complains that Tottenham have to put up with more speculation and doubts over their players than any other Premier League club.
But reporters are often quick to point out this is not the case, with Mourinho, Paul Pogba and the future of Chelsea star Eden Hazard all occupying far more column inches this season. And rival clubs and communications officers regularly claim Pochettino is given a preferable ride by the press.
While Pochettino will be talking slightly less, Tottenham are one of the best clubs for making their stars available to the media after games, with three or four players regularly stopping for various media in the mixed zone.
Harry Kane stops most frequently to talk to press, while the likes of Dele Alli, Danny Rose, Hugo Lloris are all engaging and good talkers. Of the Tottenham first-team regulars, only Christian Eriksen can be difficult to convince to give his views.
Mauricio Pochettino has cancelled his separate post-match press conferences while speculation over his Tottenham Hotspur future rumbles on.
The Tottenham manager is no longer giving a five-minute briefing following his main post-match press conferences, as he has done for the past four-and-a-half years.
The briefing, away from television cameras and radio microphones, was designed to give the written press, both newspapers and websites, some
exclusive content that could be held back.
It was also used to give Pochettino the chance to give any off-the-record explanations to his on-the-record statements that may have left room for doubt or confusion.
Tottenham are not using interest from Manchester United and Real Madrid as an excuse for Pochettino scaling back his media commitments, but the timing does allow him to avoid some potentially awkward questions.
Ironically, it was to broadcast questions that Simon Felstein, the club's head of communications, recently stopped any talk of United. The subject never came up during the separate written briefing at the end of the same media conference.
Jose Mourinho had long since stopped giving reporters extra time at the end of post-match press conferences by the time he left United, while Pep Guardiola and Unai Emery will only allow a couple of additional questions.
It is unclear whether Pochettino’s decision is temporary or long-term, but he remains one of the most engaging managers in the Premier League and still gives up 10 minutes of extra time to the written press at the end of his pre-match broadcast conferences.
Pochettino often complains that Tottenham have to put up with more speculation and doubts over their players than any other Premier League club.
But reporters are often quick to point out this is not the case, with Mourinho, Paul Pogba and the future of Chelsea star Eden Hazard all occupying far more column inches this season. And rival clubs and communications officers regularly claim Pochettino is given a preferable ride by the press.
While Pochettino will be talking slightly less, Tottenham are one of the best clubs for making their stars available to the media after games, with three or four players regularly stopping for various media in the mixed zone.
Harry Kane stops most frequently to talk to press, while the likes of Dele Alli, Danny Rose, Hugo Lloris are all engaging and good talkers. Of the Tottenham first-team regulars, only Christian Eriksen can be difficult to convince to give his views.
