Former Spurs winger Erik Lamela has revealed that his favourite period during his eight year spell at the north London Club was spend under former manager Mauricio Pochettino.
The Argentine, 29, left Spurs for Sevilla in the summer after eight years in north London. Now, in an interview with The Times, the winger revealed he felt he enjoyed his best football during Pochettino’s spell in charge at the club after his arrival in 2014 before being dismissed by Daniel Levy in November 2019.
“The era with Pochettino I can say was the best, no?’ Lamela revealed.
“From when Mauricio arrived, the first season maybe wasn’t the best but after that we got better and better. We were always very close to the top of the league, second or third. I enjoyed every season there but to reach the Champions League final (in 2019) was a big success for the club.’
He added: “It was one of the most important games of my life to play this final but I can say nothing because I didn’t play a minute and that’s something I will always have inside me that doesn’t feel good.”
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Following on from Lamela’s comments, Spurs fans have taken to Twitter to give their thoughts on the Argentine player’s reflection on his spell at the club.
What did these Spurs fans make of Lamela’s comments?
“Coco knows. Coco is spitting some truth”
@spursfandom
“Lamela’s a serial loser, imagine my shock”
@hxrrythfc
“Everyone but Daniel Levy knows it”
@harford_bill
“Levy Out”
@dalitaryan
“Bring Poch home”
@THFCMorgan
“Spot on!”
@loopyrizla
“The league form was poor. Levy saw Jose available (one of the most successful managers around) and aimed to Uplevel the success with someone who always wins. Respect for Levy.”
Lamela also stated that Spurs are still a good side with several quality young players but believes they will need time to develop as they are at the start of a fresh project at the club. However, he insisted that Spurs have a squad with great potential and with time they are going to improve.
“They have a very good team, a lot of young players”, Lamela said.
“They changed a lot of the team since I was there and it’s a new project and sometimes new projects need a lot of time, but in football you never have time to build: you always have to win.
“This is the difficult thing. But I believe Tottenham is a great team, with a great squad, a lot of potential and, in the future, is going to be better.”
Tottenham beat Burnley on Wednesday night to make it to the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup and host Manchester United on Saturday in the Premier League as Nuno’s side look to bounce back from last week’s 1-0 defeat to West Ham.
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